According to RIA Novosti with reference to the official representative of the emergency committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country Nursultan Nurakhmetov, a fire at the coal mine of the Arcelor Mittal Temirtau company at a depth of 100 meters occurred on Saturday, February 15, at about 21:30 (18:30 Moscow time).
116 underground miners were raised to the surface.
After the elimination of the fire, rescuers carried out work to cool the coal mass. There are no victims and injured.
Earlier it was reported that more than 220 miners were brought to the surface from a mine in the Belgorod region due to smoke from the ventilation compartment.