Six rescue workers have died in a search and rescue operation by Russian authorities to to save dozens of miners trapped deep underground after a huge explosion at a mine in eastern Russia this morning.
At least 11 miners were 'wiped off the face of the earth' in the initial blast, when coal dust ignited in a ventilation shaft 820ft below the surface in the Listvyazhnaya mine in the Kemerovo region around 9am this morning, local emergency services told TASS news agency. -- More...
