Mine-rescuers

A mine-rescuer smokes breake on the territory of "Sukhodolskaya-Vostochnaya" mine in Sukhodolsk (Lugansk region), on Friday, July 29, 2011. At night of July 29, there was an explosion at the mine "Sukhodolskaya-Vostochnaya". 16 miners were killed, two were hospitalized and the fate of 9 miners is still unknown. Totally 28 miners were working at the emergency site. For search and rescue operations 11 branches of the State Paramilitary Mine Rescue Service of the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry are involved. The cause of the explosion is being determined. Photo given by Konstantin Cherginskiy / UNIAN