About this on the air of the TV channel "112 Ukrainians" the chairman of the Lviv Regional State Administration Oleg Sinyutka.

According to him, "Mine" Steppe "is not yet working in its normal mode. Also the head of the State Administration expressed hope that a decision could soon be made that the mine resume coal production.

"At present, methane extraction and water removal work is carried out there.

The water was pumped out yesterday and there are practically no problems with it. As for methane, its level was slightly higher than normal, but lower from the 17% that were recorded the day after the accident, "Sinyutka.

Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform", on March 2 in Glukhov Sokal district of the Lviv region at mine number 1 "Stepnaya" on the horizon 550 m in the 119 conveyor belt as a result of the explosion, there was a collapse of the rock. Eight miners were killed.