When the Russia coal mine disaster happened, there were a total of 360 people working at the Raspadskaya mine.  The two blasts has recorded a total of 12 casualties and left a total of 103 trapped inside the mine site.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told an urgent Cabinet meeting in Moscow, “By all accounts, the situation is hard, very hard at the Raspadskaya mine. I would say, it is tragic. The worst thing is that we can’t send additional rescue forces into the mine in the absence of air ventilation. But we can’t sit back and hope the situation will improve on its own. We must make maximum effort and do all we can to save the people.”

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