Death toll from ArcelorMittal mine fire in Kazakhstan rises to 35 - officials
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Oct 29 (Reuters) - The death toll from a fire at a mine owned by ArcelorMittal in Kazakhstan rose to 35 people on Sunday, and a search for 11 miners continued, the Ministry for Emergency Situations said on Sunday.
On Saturday, operator ArcelorMittal Temirtau, the local unit of Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal, said 206 of 252 people at the Kostenko mine had been evacuated after what appeared to be a methane blast.
"Monitoring of the gas situation continues," the Ministry for Emergency Situations said in a statement.
(Reporting by Mariya Gordeyeva Writing by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne. Editing by Gerry Doyle)
