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 NOVOKUZNETSK, Russia (AP) - Rescuers pulled more bodies from a Siberian coal mine Tuesday as investigators tried to pinpoint what sparked a methane gas explosion that killed 105 miners in Russia's deadliest mining disaster in a decade.
Among those killed were 20 top mine staff, including its chief engineer, who had been inside checking a British-made hazard monitoring system, said regional Gov. Aman Tuleyev. A British citizen, identified as Ian Robertson, and his interpreter were also killed. Robertson worked for the British-German mining consultancy IMC.
Some 200 workers were in the Ulyanovskaya mine when the blast occurred early Monday about 885 feet underground. Five people remained missing; 93 had been rescued.
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