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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: At least 21 dead in kazakhstan coal mine fire - The Untold Story

Kazakhstan's Presidential Press Office

A coal mine fire in central Kazakhstan killed at least 21 workers while another 25 remained unaccounted for on Saturday, the operating company ArcelorMittal Temirtau said in a statement.

Some 252 people were working at the Kostenko coal mine at the time of the blaze, believed to have been caused by a pocket of methane gas, the company said.

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