11 killed in Ukraine coal mine blast

At least 11 coal miners were killed yesterday when a methane gas blast tore through a pit in western Ukraine, the head of the coal miners' trade union said. "A methane explosion. 11 killed," Mykhaylo Volynets wrote on Facebook. Ukraine's emergencies service said that 20 people were unaccounted for and that 172 miners were in the pit at the time. It added that people were buried under ground after the blast.