24 workers missing after coal mine explosion in western Serbia
THE search for 24 workers missing after a coal mine explosion in western Siberia has been called off.
Rescue operations at the Raspadskaya mine were suspended because of heavy concentrations of volatile methane gas, and fires in the tunnels.
The confirmed death toll stands at 66 from two explosions that rocked Russia's largest underground coal mine, about 1,800 miles east of Moscow.
That includes 17 rescuers sent in after the first explosion who were caught in the second blast, which was so enormous that it severely damaged buildings on the surface.
There have been no reports of contact with any of the 24 miners still missing, who were believed to be about 1,450ft underground.
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