"I was thrown to three or four meters. And then immediately the heat."
17 dead, 16 missing, the balance of the accident in a mine in eastern Ukraine. Relief are busy to find the miners still trapped alive in the background, without much hope. 230 employees were under the surface at the time of the explosion, the majority has been saved.
For the families of those we always research is a test again. For these Ukrainians Donetsk
face war everyday.
The explosion has nothing to do with the conflict yet. It is the fault at a concentration of methane gas. A gas explosion, daily accident in the mining area of Ukraine, the cemetery of this mine Zassiadko, one of the largest in the country, painfully recalls.
At the hospital, badly burned, Ivan Lazarenko says
"There was a bang, and it threw me so hard I flew three or four meters. And then immediately the heat. The temperature climbed, you see the consequences. And then the temperature dropped a little bit, so we slowly started to crawl out. "
The government said it had sent help, the rebels who control the area were not allowed to enter. A refusal which in Kiev has cost lives.
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