OREANDA-NEWS. A living miner was found in the Listvyazhnaya mine after the accident, the Emergencies Ministry said.

Now he is being taken to the hospital.

On the morning of November 25, at the Listvyazhnaya mine in Belovo, Kemerovo Region, there was smoke, 285 people were underground. They managed to withdraw most of them, mine rescuers went after the rest, but after a while they were recalled due to the threat of an explosion.

As the media tells, 52 people were killed, among them 46 miners and six employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 49 injured are in hospitals - they are 38 workers and 11 mine rescuers.

The reason for the tragedy, as the Investigative Commettee believes, was an explosion of the methane.

The region has announced three days of mourning.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on violation of industrial safety requirements at hazardous industries, which inadvertently resulted in the death of people (part 3 of Article 217 of the Criminal Code), the director of the mine, his deputy and the head of the section were detained on it, they face up to seven years in prison. In addition, a case of negligence is being investigated, resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence (part 3 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code). Detained two inspectors of the Belovsky territorial department of the Siberian department of Rostekhnadzor, who checked the mine a week ago. They also face up to seven years in prison.

According to the widow of one of the dead miners, ten days before the tragedy, the miners themselves put out the fire at the enterprise.