From the Zapadnaya-Kapitalnaya mine in the Rostov region, as of 17:30 Moscow time on Saturday, 23 out of 46 blocked miners were raised. this to RIA Novosti . The operational duty officer of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported

According to the website of the Ekho Moskvy radio station , all rescued miners are taken to the first city hospital of Novoshakhtinsk. Vice-Governor of the Rostov Region Alexander Bedrik noted that their condition does not cause alarm. “There are no extremely seriously ill patients,” he noted.

The vice-governor also said that the miners who are underground make their own decisions about who to raise first.

Miners are lifted to the surface using an inspection cage that can accommodate no more than four people. Work is underway to excavate from the neighboring Komsomolskaya mine to the Zapadnaya-Kapitalnaya mine.

The search for the second group of miners, consisting of 13 people, continues.

The emergency at the Zapadnaya-Kapitalnaya mine, part of Rostovugol Company LLC, occurred on October 23 around 17:00. Groundwater poured into the mine shaft at a level of 420-470 meters, near a large underground lake. At the time of the accident in There were 71 people at the face. 25 miners managed to get to the surface in the first minutes after the shaft broke. Two of them were seriously injured, but their lives, according to doctors, are currently out of danger.

The prosecutor's office of the Rostov region opened a criminal case into the accident. It is being investigated under Article 216, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - “Violation of safety rules when conducting mining and other work, resulting in serious consequences due to negligence.”

23 miners were rescued from the Zapadnaya mine. Their condition is satisfactory