Cabinet has sent 10 million USD. Lviv on mine

The Government, at its meeting on Wednesday allocated 10 million USD. to eliminate the impact of fire on mine "Mezhirichanskaya" GP "Lvovugol. This was announced at a press briefing First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Andriy Klyuyev. "In the evening on Dec. 21 started a small local fires - are fires almost weekly pass at a mine. But as a result of inaction and negligence of the leaders of the mine and the head of the coal association the fire turned into a pretty serious accident. In fact, to completely burn mine. I had to fly to Lviv hold an emergency meeting of the Government Commission "- the first vice-premier. According to him, the President instructed the law enforcement agencies to deal with the situation - now, this issue deals with the Prosecutor General. Andrei Klyuyev noted that the main question is why a local fire could become almost a tragedy for the mine. The government commission has already recorded the fact of smoking in the mine, he said. "Apparently, as a result of this and a fire occurred. They tried to somehow gloss over the situation, but it is more and more flared. In the past it was possible to locate such a fire within days, and sometimes less, now mine is decommissioned at least 3 month ", - said Andrey Klyuyev. He said that currently implemented several measures to extinguish the fire. In order not to burn skip shaft, but it would mean an actual loss of mine, it was decided to fill it with a mixture of sand, clay and water to form a tube, and fully localize the fire, said Andrey Klyuyev. According to him, overnight localized pockets of fire, built the bridge under the ground, and at 6:00 began to fill up the trunk. As reported, January 4, all still working to extinguish the fire at the mine "Mezhirichanskaya" in Lviv region. Recall that on Dec. 21 at the mine "Mezhirichanskaya" GP "Lvovugol" fire broke out. Fire timbering has occurred on the horizon 485 m. The mine employed 77 miners, who were taken to the surface. Ministry of Industry