俄羅斯西北部位於摩爾曼斯克地區的一個磷礦發生爆炸，至少造成12人死亡，6人受傷。俄羅斯當局說，爆炸發生在星期四晚間8:33，當時工人正在磷礦內為一次控制的爆破作準備。跟中國煤礦一樣，由於技術設備陳舊、安全標準都很差，俄羅斯的煤礦也經常發生意外。

WORLD-DEC12-5166-RUSSIA-MINE BLAST

WORLD: STORY 5166

5166-RUSSIA-MINE BLAST

MURMANSK, RUSSIA

DECEMBER 12, 2008

RUSSIAN WITH RUSSIAN NARRATION

DURATION:00:58

SOURCE:RTR

INTRO:

HEADLINE: Russian mine blast kills at least 12.

TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS~**NO ACCESS RUSSIA**~

At least 12 people are known to have been killed in a blast at a mine in

north-west Russia.

SHOWS:

MURMANSK, RUSSIA (DECEMBER 12, 2008) (RTR – NO ACCESS RUSSIA)

1. MINE AREA

2. INSIDE MINE WAREHOUSE

3. MINE TRAIN INSIDE MINE WAREHOUSE

4. MINE AREA OUTSIDE

5. SEARCH AND RESCUE OFFICERS WALKING TOWARDS EMERGENCY VEHICLE

6. EMERGENCY VEHICLE SIREN

7. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) ++RESENT WITH TRANSLATION++

NAME NOT SUPPLIED, SAYING:

“I approached as they were preparing the charges. The guy

responsible for the charge was standing there and some how he blew

up."

8. INSIDE MINE SHAFT

9. EMERGENCY VEHICLE PARKED

10. CARS ON ROAD

11. MINING EQUIPMENT

12. PEOPLE AND CARS ON STREET

13. HOSPITAL INTERIOR

14. VARIOUS OF PATIENT, MIKHAIL KOTLYACHKOV, LYING ON STRETCHER

15. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) PATIENT MIKHAIL KOTLYACHKOV, SAYING:

“I could not see anything because of gas."

16. KOTLYACHKOV’S HANDS

17. KOTLYACHKOV LYING ON STRETCHER

STORY: At least 12 people were killed in an explosion at a mine in Arctic

Russia that extracts raw materials for fertiliser production, officials said

on Friday (December 12), the worst accident this year in Russia’s mining

industry.

Years of neglect after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union have made

Russia’s mines, which employ a quarter of a million people, among the most

dangerous in the world.

“At the moment we know that 12 people died," said Irina

Gretskaya, spokeswoman for the emergencies ministry in the city of Murmansk.

“The reasons are still being investigated."

The mine is operated by a company called Apatit, a major Russian

producer of the phosphate mineral apatite used in making fertiliser. Apatit is

part of the PhosAgro fertiliser group.

Apatit said another six people were wounded in the blast which occurred

at 8:33 p.m. (1733 GMT) on Thursday when workers were laying explosives in

preparation for a controlled blast planned for December 15.

“The fire has been extinguished," the company said in a

statement. “At the site of the explosion, search and rescue operations

are being conducted and experts are working."

Russia’s mining safety watchdog, Rostekhnadzor, said it would

investigate the blast at the Rasvumchorrsky mine.

Last year 110 people were killed in a blast in a Siberian coal mine —

Russia’s worst mining accident in recent years. A series of deadly accidents

have struck mines in neighbouring Ukraine this year.