“In Donetsk, returned to the usual mourning”: has killed more than 30 miners – BFM.Ru

According to the local journalists Zasyadko mine “famous” death. In Ukraine today – a day of mourning. Assistance in search and rescue operations suggested Russia

Shakhtar Donetsk in the territory of Zasyadko mine. Photo: Valery Sharifulin / TASS

In the Ukraine – a day of mourning for those killed in the Zasyadko mine in Donetsk. According to recent reports, 33 people were killed. The mine is located in the Kiev uncontrolled territory. This is one of the largest producers of coking coal. On the eve there was an explosion of gas-methane mixture, when the underground were more than two hundred miners, most of them were brought to the surface.

The head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov sent a telegram to the head of Ukrainian emergency services to offer help in search and rescue operations. As noted, the plane with Russian rescuers located in the hour response preparedness.

This is the night to rescue was one of the hardest told Business FM correspondent of the newspaper “News” in Donetsk Maxim Gazizov.

Maxim Gazizov : was very heavy night for rescuers and relatives of the victims. Now, as I understand it, extracted from the depths of the mine body 32, another victim remains there. In Donetsk, returned to its usual mourning, because the dead miners, it is, unfortunately, the reality of Donbass, one of the problems that have.

It is well known because of what exploded?

Maxim Gazizov : This is a classic thing, since I live in the mining region itself from the miner’s family, I can say, I am told people are professionals who have worked in the mines, and the release occurred, according to preliminary data on subjective value judgments, it is a methane explosion, which occurred due to the fact that drove the production.

That’s right, we understand that mine is located in the territory of the NPT? Who controls it, who manages it?

Maxim Gazizov : The mine is located in the territory of the DNI. This Kiev region of Donetsk, it is, in fact, closer to the center of Donetsk. And the area has been subject to the most powerful artillery fire during combat operations, the mine more than once fell shells. Controlled mine before DNR came to power, Yefim Zviagilskiy from the former “Party of Regions”. He was the owner of the mine. As it is now – is difficult to assess.

With regard to the state of the mines, it has long been in a bad state that, in general, know about it?

Maxim Gazizov : This is a great mine, it produced a lot. I can tell you about safety, there is never observed, it is a tradition of mine, because it is difficult to enumerate how many there were accidents, but accidents were there all the time. Was a situation where 101 died instantly miner, not sheltered from the accursed methane, and then when assorted debris, killing five mountain rescue. This mine “famous” death of people.

Zasyadko mine – one of the oldest and largest in the Donbass. In recent years, the company saw a number of disasters, accompanied by the loss of life. See also: The explosion at the Zasyadko mine in the Donbass. Poroshenko requires tolerance Ukrainian rescuers

November 18, 2007 at 3 o’clock in the Zasyadko mine explosion methane-air mixture. As a result, killed 101 miners. Total underground were 457 miners. Two weeks later, on 1 December 2007 on the same horizon, there was a second explosion 52 miners were injured. A day later as a result of the third blast killed five rescuers involved in the liquidation of consequences of the accident. The explosion in September 2006 – 13 people were killed. In August of 2001 – 55.

The accident is constantly taking place in other mines of the Donbass. May 23, 2008 killed 11 miners mine “Krasnolimanskaya.” June 8 of that year, a powerful gas release occurred at the mine to them. Karl Marx in Yenakiyevo, killing 13 people. The investigation revealed that the production of coal at the mine was illegal, it was banned Gosgorpromnadzor Ukraine.