In Krasnoturinsk, a mining incident left three workers trapped after an explosion shook a local site in the Sverdlovsk region. Reports circulating through a Telegram channel named 112 indicate that the information comes from internal sources familiar with the situation.
Initial details point to the blast taking place while explosives were being loaded for a blasting operation at the Severopeschanskaya mine. The blast appears to have triggered a rockfall, with workers nearby feeling the collapse at the 338-meter horizon, according to the same account.
At the moment of the explosion, five miners stood in the immediate vicinity, and three were caught in the debris from the rock collapse. Rescue teams quickly shifted to stabilization and search efforts, prioritizing the safety of responders while attempting to reach those affected by the collapse.
Separately, there were developments at another mining site in the Amur region. Earlier, officials announced the end of a rescue operation at the Pioneer mine following a rock collapse that occurred on March 18, which left thirteen miners trapped underground. After assessing the stability of the surrounding rock mass and the risk of further collapses and water ingress, authorities decided to suspend the search. The team had drilled five boreholes in locations determined to be safe for potential survivors, but the underground workings eventually filled with rock, clay, ice, and water, complicating extraction efforts.
Meanwhile, a separate incident in Kamchatka involved a miner being rescued after a collapse trapped them beneath rubble inside a mine. The timely rescue underscores the ongoing dangers miners face and the critical importance of rapid, well-coordinated emergency responses in all mining regions.