“On September 6, at the Krasny Partizan mine ... a serious accident occurred.

The cable of the platform, which produced the descent of the miners to their workplaces, was cut short.

As a result of the incident, there are casualties and injured, "- says the official statement of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic.

Employees of the paramilitary mine rescue teams of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR and specialists in the disaster medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Republic are working at the scene.

Rescuers are trying to reach the blocked miners.

The headquarters for the elimination of the accident was organized.

In 2019, a methane explosion occurred in the LPR at the Skhidkarbon coal mine, which housed 17 people.