Coal mines evacuated after transformer fire
May 25, 2021
Posted by Patrick Haddad
A transformer fire near a coal mine in Russia has led to the evacuation of hundreds of miners.
As many as 343 coalminers were evacuated from two mines in Russia’s Komi Republic after a fire broke out in a transformer house near one of them.
“A fire broke out in a transformer house at the electricity substation near the Vorkutinskaya mine. As many as 343 miners have been lifted to the surface from two mines,” a source said.
It was suggested that evacuation was necessary because of the ventilating system’s shutdown.
Source: TASS
Photo (for illustrative purposes): Jharia Coal Mine / Tripod Stories AB / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0
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