Ukrainian mine blast

A blast occurred at the Sukhodilska-Vostochnaya Mine operated by Metinvest, Ukraine's largest steel producer, on Friday at 01:57 a.m. The mine’s overall staff amounted to 28 miners.“As of 07:00 a.m. July 30, 18 people have died, two injured, while 8 people are still missing,” the ministry said in a statement. Mining accidents are frequent in Ukraine. In 2007, more than 100 miners died in a blast at a mine near Donetsk, in the east of the former Soviet republic. The number of people killed in Sukhodilska-Vostochnaya Mine blast in Ukraine’s Luhansk Region has reached 18, the regional Emergencies Ministry said on Saturday.Reports RIA Novosti