Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia: Probably the emergency at the Listvyazhnaya mine was caused by a methane explosion
Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia Dmitry Demeshin named the preliminary reason for the emergency at the Listvyazhnaya mine. According to him, most likely, this happened due to an explosion of methane, reports TASS.
“Most likely, it was a methane explosion, caused by the fact that there was some kind of spark that caused the explosion and dynamic impact. He injured people who could not get out, ”the Deputy Prosecutor General said.
The incident became known on Thursday morning, November 25. Earlier it was noted that the cause of the fire in the mine could be the ignition of coal dust – the smoke through the ventilation spread throughout the mine.
There were 285 workers underground, 43 of whom were injured. They were hospitalized, four of them in serious condition, 39 – mild and moderate. 11 people died. Later, the bodies of three rescuers were found in the mine.