Posted on 11/25/2021 6:45:40 PM PST by BenLurkin
The incident started when coal dust in a ventilation shaft caught fire on Thursday, filling the Siberian mine with smoke and killing 11.
By nightfall, a failed operation to reach dozens of missing miners had turned to tragedy after several rescuers reportedly suffocated.
An emergency services source told one news agency "no one is left alive".
The majority of the 285 people in the the Listvyazhnaya mine, in the Kemerovo region some 3,500km (2,175 miles) east of Moscow, escaped in the immediate aftermath of the incident, at around 08:35 local time (01:35 GMT) on Thursday.
Officials said 49 had been taken to hospital with injuries. Some of the injured have smoke poisoning, and four are said to be in a critical condition.
Thursday several sources told Russian media agencies that no further survivors were expected to be found and the death toll had risen to more than 50, including six rescuers in total.
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Horrible. Prayers for the families.
That’s 52 more people than have died in ALL commercial nuclear power accidents in the US in the 64 years they’ve been in operation.
When I think of coal-related accidents, nothing could top Aberfan.
Oh, my.
Once I pulled up an article the memory of hearing about it surfaced.
I was only a kid and it was hard thinking of so many kids being covered in that sludge.
There’s an episode of “The Crown” devoted to it.
Aberfan. What a horrific tragedy.
That disaster took place before I was born, but I first became aware of it through the “Fascinating Horror” YouTube channel. It was hard to wipe my mind around such an occurrence.
“The Royals” series had an episode about Aberfan. That episode was hard to watch.
The response by the National Coal Board was outrageous.
I’m sure it shaped Thatcher’s opinion that Britain had to phase-out the coal industry.
I made a mistake in my previous reply.
I should have said “The Crown” instead of “The Royals”. My brain isn’t working tonight.
Dear God, please comfort the families and heal those who survived.
I’ve read where it was one of the motivations for Thatcher setting up the initial funding for East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit (CRU). She couldn’t have foreseen its future climate research mischief. Emotional response from a tragedy sometimes leads to unfortunate consequences. Even the Iron Lady was susceptible.
If they want everybody to drive an EV, coal is going to make a big comeback.
Might have helped if the Coal Miner Unions weren’t run by Commies.
Prayers up for these poor souls.
May God have mercy on their souls.
May the bereaved find comfort in the Lord.
Well, Arco, ID had a nuclear power plant disaster a couple of years after it opened. I think it was in January of 1958/9.
All 3 persons on duty during that shift died; I read that the cause was error of human operator/s.
Just trying to make the thread more complete and informative.
I heard early examination of the site showed the two people who had died.
Later examination discovered the third body - pinned to the ceiling with a fuel control rod...
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