Thirteen miners were injured in Chervonoarmiiska-Zakhidna mine in southeastern Ukraine's Donetsk region on Monday, two of them were in serious condition, emergency officials said.
A total of 57 miners were working underground when the blast occurred at the mine in the Donetsk region, the Emergency Situations Ministry said. The Donetsk region is about 640 km southeast of the capital, Kiev.
The rescuers evacuated 57 miners from the site, the injured miners were receiving adequate medical treatment at local hospitals.
Methane gas ignited by an as-yet unknown means was the most likely cause of the explosion, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.
Ukraine's coal mines are among the world's most dangerous, with an average of 250-300 workers losing their lives on the job each year.
The country's worst mine accident took place in November 2007, when a methane gas explosion in the Donetsk region Zasyadko mine killed 101 workers, and injured dozens more.
Source:Xinhua
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