2008 Ukraine coal mine collapse

Explosion and collapse of a coal mine in Donetsk Oblast hist October 2022 48.216 38.2 title 2008 Ukraine coal mine collapse Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine Mine disaster thumb|The Karl Marx coal mine's location in highlighted region The 2008 Ukrainian coal mine collapse occurred at the Karl Marx Coal Mine in the city of Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine on June 8, 2008.http://voanews.com/english/2008-06-08-voa21.cfm Ukraine Mine Blast Traps 37 Workers 2008-06-08 Voice of America 2008-06-09 Bos Stefan https://web.archive.org/web/20080611162453/http://voanews.com/english/2008-06-08-voa21.cfm 2008-06-11 dead History The mine collapse was said to have been caused by a gas pipe explosion.http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Ukraine_Rescue_Teams_Save_23_Miners_18763.html Ukraine: Rescue Teams Save 23 Miners 2008-06-09 2008-06-09 eFlux Media Brett Charlie https://web.archive.org/web/20080610015112/http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Ukraine_Rescue_Teams_Save_23_Miners_18763.html 10 June 2008 dead dmy-all The explosion occurred at a depth of about 1750 ft m 0.23 miners reach surface after explosion in Ukraine 2008-06-09 2008-06-10 http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h9OIj_NJU4ZQuQCArxujv4YGTrEgD916M1U86 Associated Press https://web.archive.org/web/20080613170151/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h9OIj_NJU4ZQuQCArxujv4YGTrEgD916M1U86 13 June 2008 dead Thirty-seven miners were trapped underground at the time of the collapse, located 3301 ft m 0 below the surface of the earth. Additionally, five surface workers suffered from burns and other injuries in a blast that they described as one of the most powerful in the industry. The workers in the mine were supposed to have been checking for safety concerns in the mine and fixing them, not mining, as the Karl Marx Coal Mine was one of 23 coal mines in the country closed for safety violations.Ukrainian miners violated work ban before blast https://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/06/10/ap5099950.html 2008-06-10 2008-06-10 Forbes https://web.archive.org/web/20080613150228/http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/06/10/ap5099950.html 2008-06-13 dead However, a spokeswoman for the safety agency said that audio tapes prove that the miners were extracting coal that day, thus violating the ban. An investigation commission plans to have the management of the mine charged with negligence.http://steelguru.com/news/index/2008/06/17/NTA5MjU%3D/Divers_search_for_miners_at_Karl_Marx_mine.html https://archive.today/20130104213812/http://steelguru.com/news/index/2008/06/17/NTA5MjU%3D/Divers_search_for_miners_at_Karl_Marx_mine.html dead 2013-01-04 2008-06-17 2008-06-17 Divers search for miners at Karl Marx mine Steel Guru Rescue crews were sent down ventilation shafts, as the main shafts were blocked because of the explosion, and two miners were rescued at some time after the collapse. One body was found in the rubble.http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/09/2269457.htm?section=world 2008-06-09 2008-06-09 ABC Rescue teams free 23 Ukrainian miners https://web.archive.org/web/20080613151357/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/09/2269457.htm?section=world 13 June 2008 dead On June 9, it was announced that 22 more miners, who had been waiting for 30 hours, were rescued by the crews, while 13 remained buried.Twenty-four miners found alive in Ukraine 2008-06-09 2008-06-09 http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL0962732920080609 https://archive.today/20130104132230/http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL0962732920080609 dead January 4, 2013 Reuters UK Kushch Lina On June 10, an official said that there was little chance that the 12 remaining miners were alive, as 9 of them were riding up an elevator when the blast happened, sending the cage down the shaft, and the other three were 1000 m 0 underground, where methane levels were dangerously high after the explosion.http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL105236020080610?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 https://archive.today/20130201043907/http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL105236020080610?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 dead February 1, 2013 Hope fades for 12 missing coal miners in Ukraine Reuters UK 2008-06-10 2008-06-10 Kushch Lina Officials were also concerned that the mine could flood.http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/10/ukraine.mine/ 12 miners missing after Ukraine explosion CNN 2008-06-10 2008-06-10 Sefanov Mike More than 30 m 0 have flooded into the mine, a report says. Little hope was expressed by officials for the twelve miners still trapped. The Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko criticized the gas explosion and mine collapse as a failing of the government's policies and the outdatedness of the mines in the country. See also 2007 Zasyadko mine disaster, a methane explosion in November 2007 2013 Chemical accident in Horlivka References Category:Coal mining disasters in Ukraine Ukraine coal mine collapse Karl Marx coal mine collapse Category:Disasters in Donetsk Oblast Category:Yenakiieve Category:June 2008 in Ukraine Category:21st century in Donetsk Oblast