An explosion early today shook the coal mine where 100 people died in a methane blast two weeks ago, injuring five miners but causing no deaths, an industrial safety official said.

Flags flew at half-staff nationwide today as grieving relatives prepared to bury victims of Ukraine’s worst mining disaster in years.

A methane gas leak killed 13 Ukrainian coal miners and injured at least 61 at a coal mine in eastern Ukraine early today, officials said.

An explosion ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine early today, killing at least nine miners and leaving the fate of more than 30 others unknown, the Interfax news agency reported.