“At 12:00, 43 injured were delivered to the Kuzbass Clinical Center for the Protection of Miners' Health.
2 - in serious condition, 41 - mild and moderate.
One person died, "- said in a statement posted on his Telegram channel.
An ambulance helicopter flew to the scene with a team of doctors from the Disaster Medicine Center on board.
Earlier, the press service of the SDS-Ugol company, which operates the mine, said that the evacuation had begun, during which 115 miners rose to the surface.
Smoke has occurred in the ventilation drift.
According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry, there were 287 people in the mine.
The Prosecutor's Office of the Kemerovo Region began an investigation into the incident.