A Friday accident at the A. A. Skochynsky coal mine, located in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, claimed the lives of seven people, a spokesman for the Donetsk region branch of the Ukrainian mining industry watchdog told Interfax.
A methane-air mixture explosion occurred at the fourth section of the mine at 6:24 am on Friday, he said.
There were 78 people in the mine at the time of the accident.
