The landslide happened in ‘Tsentralnaya’ mine of State Enterprise ‘Toretskugol’  in Donetsk region. As the result of it seven pitmen were blocked under the ground. The chairman of Donetsk Regional Military-Civilian Administration Pavel Jebrivsky has reported about it on his Facebook page.

Accident happened yesterday on December 21 in the morning.

By 2 pm rescue rangers pulled from the rubble in ‘Tsentralnaya’ mine two last coalminers. So, all seven pitmen have been picked up on the ground.

According to Donetsk region governor words, doctors characterized the state of health of six pitmen as satisfactory. ‘One miner with wounds (preliminary diagnosis – broken ribs) was admitted to hospital’, Jebrivsky clarified.

At the same time National police of Donetsk region reported, that coal dust explosion in the mine had happened on 1146 meters horizon.

Data about this fact were included in the Unified Register of pre-trial investigations under Art. 270 “Violation of the legislation of the fire safety requirements” of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.