Russia’s Perm Krai and the city of Solikamsk are mourning the loss of nine construction workers who died after a potash mine owned by the Uralkali company burst into flames, trapping the men some 360 meters underground.
RFE/RL: Russia mourns loss of nine miners killed in blaze
A handout picture taken on August 4, 2017 and provided by Russia's diamond miner Alrosa shows the rescue operation at the Mir diamond mine in the Sakha region some 4,160 kilometres (2,600 miles) east of Moscow.Rescuers at one of Russia's largest diamond mines were searching on August 4, 2017 for 9 miners still unaccounted for after water leaked into an underground shaft with more than 100 workers inside. / AFP PHOTO / Alrosa diamond mining company / HO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Alrosa diamond mining company / HO" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
