KEMEROVO, August 17 (RIA Novosti) - Three miners were killed following an accident at a coal mine in southwest Siberia, a local representative of Russia's industrial safety watchdog said on Sunday.
The accident occurred early on Sunday at coalmine No. 12 in the town of Kiselyovsk in the Kemerovo Region when rock collapsed. Seven miners managed to make their way to the surface.
An investigation into the accident has been launched.
According to preliminary information, the accident was caused by the breach of safety rules, Yevgeny Anoshin, a spokesman for Russia's industrial safety regulator, said.
