On Saturday evening an explosion occurred in the largest coal mine in Russia. The explosions killed 12 people working within the mine and injured 41 others. In addition to the dead and wounded, another 64 miners were trapped underground, along with the 19 who went to rescue those who were trapped. There were 359 people working inside the mine when a gas explosion occurred at about 8:55 PM. Four and a half hours later, a second gas explosion occurred. The Russian Prime Minister said, "By all accounts, the situation is hard, very hard at the Raspadskaya mine. I would say, it is tragic." They are still trying to save the people who are trapped in the mine.
More and more explosions and other things beyond our control are happening in other countries. But the thing is, I think that some things can be prevented. Why was there a gas explosion? What happened to make it explode? Why didn't they have a plan as to how to save those trapped? I'm sure that they knew that this could happen; they don't even know what to do about it. They say they can't just do nothing, but they don't know how to save them. I think that sometimes things like this can be, and should be, avoided at all costs. Precautions should be put into place in mines. They are a very dangerous place to work, and we should be doing all we can to keep those within the mines safe.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/05/09/russia.mine.blast/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+(RSS%3A+Top+Stories)
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