A mine in Kuzbass caught fire after a seismic event, and 120 workers were evacuated, the press service of the regional prosecutor's office.
“It has been preliminarily established that on the night of December 9, a seismic event was registered in the “Alardinskaya“ mine, which provoked a fire,”, the announcement says.
The Kemerovo interdistrict prosecutor for supervising the implementation of laws in the coal industry, Dmitry Loskovichenko, is at the scene of the accident. An inspection for compliance with labor and occupational safety legislation has begun.
A headquarters has been established to extinguish the fire, a complex of measures is being developed to extinguish it. The situation is under the control of the prosecutor's office.
Two miners were injured, but their lives are not in danger. 44 specialists and nine units of equipment work on site.