Kostenko coal mine explosion: Death toll rises to 35

29 bodies of the 35 mine workers killed in the Kostenko mine explosion have been lifted from the mine. The active search for 11 miners is ongoing, Kazinform News Agency correspondent reports. 

An explosion occurred at 2:33am on October 28 in ArcelorMittal Temirtau's Kostenko coal mine in Karaganda region. 252 people were in the mine during the explosion, 205 of whom were taken to the surface.

The General Prosecutor's Office has launched a criminal investigation into the accident. According to ArcelorMittal Temirtau, there was a methane gas explosion in the lava in the mine, leading to the deaths of mine workers.