Survivor found after fatal explosion and fire in Siberian coal mine

Ambulances and fire engines are parked near the Listvyazhnaya coal mine (Governor of Kemerovo region press office photo via AP)

Rescuers have found a survivor in a Siberian coal mine where dozens of workers are presumed dead after a devastating methane explosion.

Sergei Tsivilyov, governor of the Kemerovo region where the mine is located, said the survivor was found in the Listvyazhnaya mine in south-west Siberia and “he is being taken to the hospital”.