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Nine Dead in Blast in Ukrainian Mine Shaft

Published January 21st, 2001 - 02:00 GMT
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Nine people were killed Sunday and 15 others injured in an explosion at a mine in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian emergencies ministry announced. 

The incident was caused by a methane explosion in the shaft in the town of Krasnoarmeysk, where 59 miners were working, the Interfax news agency reported, citing local authorities -- KIEV (AFP)