Russia: 'Work does not stop for a minute' – EMERCOM official on Siberian mine search operation

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Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) representative Nikolai Medvedev said the search operation ‘does not stop for a minute’ at the Listvyazhnaya coal mine in the Siberian region of Kemerovo, Sunday.

“The work does not stop for a minute. Some departments are located in the mine near the drain, some departments enter the mine for air sampling, surface departments record the change in the gas situation point by point,” he said.

Kemerovo Governor Sergei Tsivilyov said 64 people are now hospitalised, including four in serious condition. He added rescuers continue to monitor the state of the mine closely as the situation inside remains dangerous.

According to the latest information, 51 people, including 46 miners and five rescue workers who went in after the initial blast, died in the accident that occurred on Thursday in the Kemerovo region.

There were 285 people in the mine at the time of the accident, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said. During the rescue operations, 237 miners were evacuated.

The Listvyazhnaya mine director and his first deputy are being held in custody, according to the Russian Investigative Committee. The investigators believe the deadly accident was most likely caused by a methane explosion.

SOUNDBITES:

SOT, Sergei Tsivilyov, Kemerovo Governor (Russian): “Today [operations] are in progress. One team of the mine rescue brigade is working on pumping water in the mine. They are in the safe zone. We continue to monitor the state of the mine. Monitoring will continue until tomorrow. Meanwhile, compensation payments from the regional and districts budgets continue. Sixty victims have received funds and 27 families of the victims received [payments]. Now 64 people are hospitalised, four of them are in serious condition. However, there is no threat to their lives, which is a positive dynamic. Most of the patients are in our miners’ health centre in Leninsk-Kuznetsk. From all the 64 people currently in the hospital, 48 are miners and 16, mine rescuers.” *NO CUTAWAYS AT SOURCE*

SOT, Nikolai Medvedev, general director of federal state unitary enterprise ‘Militarized mine rescue unit’ of Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (Russian): “We continue to work on measures aimed at inerting the emergency area to [prevent] the explosive atmosphere formation. An exploratory survey, which made it possible to find victims, was also carried out yesterday within the framework of these events. Every day, plans of further actions for the day depend on operational headquarters decisions, so what we will do tomorrow will be decided tomorrow at the operational headquarters. The work does not stop for a minute. Some departments are located in the mine near the drain, some departments enter the mine for air sampling, surface departments record the change in the gas situation point by point, all this is analysed at the headquarters and on the basis of this a decision is made.” *NO CUTAWAYS AT SOURCE*

SOT, Sergei Tsivilyov, Kemerovo Governor (Russian): “We are monitoring the state of the mine closely today. The situation in the mine is still dangerous. Therefore, as we have already told you many times that we will send our people there only if we clearly see that their safety is ensured.”

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