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Icy mine hit by fire, two missing

A FIRE in an icy island coal mine in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard off northern Norway has left two miners missing.

Angie Tomlinson
Icy mine hit by fire, two missing

According to a Reuters report, a fire broke out in the mine, owned and operated by Russian mining company Trust Arctikugol, on Thursday.

Thirty-one miners were working underground at the time of the fire, but 29 managed to escape unhurt.

Last reports stated the fire was under control but was not completely extinguished.

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