FILE PHOTO: Picture shows a general view of one of Russia's biggest kimberlite pipes, Mir, near the town of Mirny in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia August 30, 2001. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Rescue teams are searching for 16 workers missing in a mine owned by Russian diamond miner Alrosa after the pit flooded on Friday, the company said.
A total of 102 miners have been brought to the surface and another 33 miners have been located in the mine in Yakutia in eastern Siberia and are being evacuated, it said. There were 151 workers underground when the accident happened.
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