38 Killed by Blast in Ukraine Mine
<i> Reuters</i>
LONDON —
At least 38 miners were killed Tuesday in a methane gas explosion in a coal mine in the Lugansk region in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Itar-Tass news agency reported.
The agency, monitored in London, said 27 miners were hospitalized and 18 were unaccounted for.
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