Coal mine fire in Russia's Siberia kills 9, dozens trapped

Eleven people died and more than 40 others were injured in a fire that broke out at a coal mine in Russia's Siberia on Thursday.

A fire at a coal mine in Russia's Siberia killed 11 people and injured more than 40 others on Thursday, with dozens of others still trapped, authorities said.

The blaze took place in the Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia. Russia's state Tass news agency reported, citing an unnamed emergency official, that coal dust caught fire, and that smoke quickly filled the Litsvyazhnaya mine through the ventilation system.