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Management of Raspadskaya coalmine covered up fire - source

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The possible reason for early May's deadly blasts at a West Siberian coalmine will be named next week, but a source close to investigation said the mine's management covered up the fact that a fire occurred there a few days before the accident.

The possible reason for early May's deadly blasts at a West Siberian coalmine will be named next week, but a source close to investigation said the mine's management covered up the fact that a fire occurred there a few days before the accident.

Two explosions rocked the Raspadskaya coalmine in the town of Mezhdurechensk in the Kemerovo Region on the night of May 8-9. A total of 67 people were killed and more than 130 injured. Twenty-three are still missing.

The accident at Raspadskaya is thought to have been caused by poor observation of safety regulations. Earlier a special investigations committee ordered criminal charges against the mine's ex-director, Igor Volkov, for violating safety rules.

The Russian Energy Ministry has estimated the restoration of Raspadskaya at $200-350 million.

The Russian industrial safety watchdog detected over 1,400 safety violations at the mine in 2009 and in January-April 2010 and suspended production five times.

Safety regulations are often poorly enforced in Russia and fatal accidents are common.

MOSCOW, June 6 (RIA Novosti) 

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