The bodies of 38 miners have been recovered from a southern Siberian coal mine after a deadly methane explosion, the latest deadly accident to hit Russia’s ailing mining industry.

A fire broke out today high up in the Ostankino television tower, Europe’s tallest free-standing structure, but was extinguished within an hour, Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

A methane explosion tore through a coal mine in southern Siberia, killing 35 people and injuring seven others, emergency officials said today.

A fire at Russia’s largest steel mill killed at least five people, injured eight and left several others missing, an emergency official said today.

An airliner careered off a rain-slicked runway, ploughed into adjacent garages and burst into flames in the Siberian city of Irkutsk early today.