Fire in Barentsburg mine
One is dead and another is missing after a fire broke out in one of the Russian mines in Barentsburg at Svalbard.
On Thursday a fire broke out in a coal mine next to Barentsburg, run by the Trust Arktikugol Company, causing the death of one mine worker while one other is missing. It is one Russian and one Ukrainian person. The fire started around two kilometres inside the mine, and there were 31 workers inside at the time, according to Norwegian newspaper Nordlys.
Thursday evening the fire was under control, but it was still burning inside the mine. A Russian mine rescue crew is helping Norwegian authorities in the search for the missing person.
