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Situation in Tentek mine in Karaganda oblast is under control - Nigmatullin

The situation in Tentek mine in Karaganda oblast is under control. Rescue operations of 5 miners under blockage are being carried out. Nurlan Nigmatullin, akim of Karaganda oblast, informed today during the selector government meeting, the agency reports.

Astana. June 2. Kazakhstan Today - The situation in Tentek mine in Karaganda oblast is under control. Rescue operations of 5 miners under blockage are being carried out. Nurlan Nigmatullin, akim of Karaganda oblast, informed today during the selector government meeting, the agency reports.

"Rescue operations are complicated. 70 - 80 meter blockage of coal complicates rescue operations," he said.

N. Nigmatullin noted that "there is no fire in the mine."

By the preliminary data, the emergency situation occurred due to "gas-dynamic movements of a layer." "We are now working with the families of miners and with those who have been taken out of the mine. None of them is injured or asked for help," the akim of Karaganda oblast said.

The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan K. Masimov has charged to create the interdepartmental commission headed by the Emergency Minister Vladimir Bozhko. The akim of the oblast has been entrusted to take under personal control the situation and to render the necessary help to the families of miners.

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