Survivor found in coal mine accident in Russia’s Siberia

By DASHA LITVINOVA
Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) — A senior regional official says search teams have found a survivor in a Siberian coal mine where dozens of miners are presumed dead after a devastating methane explosion. Kemerovo region Governor Sergei Tsivilyov said on the messaging app Telegram on Friday that a survivor was found in the Listvyazhnaya mine in southwestern Siberia, and “he is being taken to the hospital.” Six bodies were also recovered, bringing to 20 the number of confirmed dead. Thirty-one people are still missing, but Tsivilyov says that finding other survivors is unlikely, making the presumed death toll 51.