One miner has died and his nine colleagues have been injured in an accident in Kemerovo region

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One miner has died and his nine colleagues have been injured in an accident at mine # 12 in the town of Kiselyovsk, Kemerovo region, the press service of the coal-mining company told Itar-Tass on Thursday.. "A cave-in occurred during mining works. There were eight people in the area of the incident, they all were helped to the surface. A miner in another tunnel died during the cave-in, and another nine persons were injured," a company representative said. "An inflammation cannot be ruled out, as six of the injured miners were diagnosed as having inhalation burns. "They all received medical aid, and are now in hospitals of the towns of Prokopyevsk and Kiselyovsk," the official said. He underlined that the family of the dead miner would receive a financial assistance of more than one million roubles. The production at the mine stopped immediately after the accident. A commission was set up to investigate its cause. The materials on the incident were sent to law-enforcement bodies. Mine # 12 is part of the YevrazGrupp company

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