DONETSK, Ukraine, May 9 (UPI) -- At least three miners died Wednesday in an explosion at a Ukrainian coal mine.
Itar-Tass reported another 18 miners were hospitalized with burns and carbon monoxide poisoning after the methane explosion at the Krasnolimanskaya coal mine the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine.
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The miners were drilling about 1,300 feet underground when the methane explosion occurred and a fire broke out early Wednesday, Itar-Tass reported.