Death toll rises to 45 in ArcelorMittal Kazakh coal mine fire
Death toll rises to 45 in ArcelorMittal Kazakh coal mine fire By Reuters
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Published Oct 29, 2023 04:48AM ET
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© Reuters. Relatives of miners gather at the Kostenko coal mine operated by ArcelorMittal Temirtau during a power outage, as a rescue operation continues following a mine fire, in Karaganda, Kazakhstan October 28, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer
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ALMATY (Reuters) -The death toll from a fire at a coal mine in Kazakhstan owned by ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) rose to 45 on Sunday, with emergency teams engaged in an operation to find one remaining miner believed to have been underground, emergency service officials were quoted as saying.
On Saturday, operator ArcelorMittal Temirtau, the local unit of Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal, said 206 of 252 people at the Kostenko mine had been evacuated after what appeared to be a methane blast.
Gennady Silinsky, a senior emergency services official, on Sunday confirmed the death toll and continuing operation in Karaganda, a major coal mining centre, to Kazakhstan’s Khabar-24 television.
“Work is going on round the clock in shifts in two areas of operations,” Murat Katpanov, another emergency official, told Khabar-24.
“Gas levels are normal. There are no visible signs of fire.”
Earlier statements said rescue operations in the two areas – 4 km (2.5 miles) apart – were hampered by power cuts and wrecked equipment.
Death toll rises to 45 in ArcelorMittal Kazakh coal mine fire
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