One miner has been reportedly trapped under debris following a coal mine collapse in the Siberian republic of Tuva. Sholban Kara-ool, head of the region, has said that 79 people were rescued after a rock fall at the Mezhegei coal field early Monday. “Unfortunately, the fate of one of them, the head of a second section, is not yet known,” Kara-ool said in a statement on the republic of Tuva’s website. The accident took place 140 meters underground, he added. Russian steel producer Evraz, part-owned by billionaire Roman Abramovich, licenses the Mezhegei coal field.
The Mezhegei coal mine in Tuva, Siberia, Russia, suffers a collapse. A total of 79 miners are rescued but one remains missing.