Ukraine: 34 still trapped after mine blast

Rescuers were continuing to search today for 34 miners trapped underground after a powerful explosion ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine.

Rescuers were continuing to search today for 34 miners trapped underground after a powerful explosion ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine.

Salvage teams have saved two miners and recovered one body since the blast at the Karl Marx Mine in the eastern Donetsk region early yesterday.

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