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Rescuers have found and brought to the surface the bodies of two more pitmen trapped under a roof collapse on the night of July 26 in the Rodynska mine run by Chervonoarmiyskvuhillia state enterprise, Donetsk region.

Donetsk regional branch of the State Committee for Industrial Safety, Labor Protection and Mining Supervision reported this on Wednesday.

On July 26 rescuers brought to the surface two people a foreman, born 1983, and an operator of rock removing machines, born 1972.

They sustained serious injuries and were taken to hospital, according to the Web site of the Trade Union of the Coal Industry.

Another miner, born 1970, was found dead.

On the night of July 26 the roof of the Rodynska coal mine collapsed at the depth of 520 meters.

According to the Emergencies Ministry, five men were directly in the collapse zone.

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