32 feared dead in Ukraine mine blast

File picture shows the pit head at the Zasyadko mine near Donetsk, where at least 32 miners have been killed in a blast. -

Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Thirty-two miners in eastern Ukraine were missing and feared dead Wednesday following an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel-held city of Donetsk.

The blast took place at Zasyadko mine in the separatist hub of Donetsk, near the city's war-wrecked airport.