Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster

Name: Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster
Start: 2007

2007 CE.

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The Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster was caused by a methane explosion that occurred on March 19, 2007, in the Ulyanovskaya longwall coal mine in the Kemerovo Oblast. At least 108 people were reported to have been killed by the blast, which occurred at a depth of about 270 meters (885 feet) at 10:19 local time (3:19 GMT). The mine disaster was Russia's deadliest in more than a decade.

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