Coal mine methane explosion kills 41

A methane explosion tore through a coal mine in Kazakhstan, killing 41 people in the country’s worst mining accident on record.

The Lenin mine, belonging to Mittal Steel is one of eight supplying coal to the company’s Temirtau factory, one of the world’s biggest steel plants.

Grigory Prezent, deputy coal department director of Mittal Steel Temirtau, said at the scene it was “almost certain” that 41 people had been killed.

”Thirty-two bodies have been found. They are being recovered at the moment. Another nine are in a dead-end coal face. But it’s obvious that they are dead,” he said.
Daily Telegraph