Criminal case has been instituted in Kazakhstan on fact of fire in Kazakhstan mine

on the fact of a fire at a coal mine in the Karaganda region, a criminal case has been instituted.

According to the press service of the regional prosecutor’s office, the Shakhtinsk police department on the fact of the incident began a pre-trial investigation under Article 277 of Part 3 of the Criminal Code, Kininform reports.

At the scene is the leadership of the police department of the Karaganda region.

August 17 at 10:05 In the production of the coal slope D6 (horizon – 170 m), the conveyor tape fire occurred. A plan for the liquidation of the accident was introduced. At the time of the incident, 227 people were underground. The evacuation of workers was carried out through the flank barrel. The authorities of the Karaganda region reported that the bodies of two dead miners were found at the place of fire in the Kazakhstan mine.

Meanwhile, according to the information of the health department of the Karaganda region, the number of victims in the coal mine increased to 8 people.