Rescuers have found the bodies of eight more miners under the rubble of the mine in Yurevka village of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), RIA Novosti reported citing the LPR Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES).

The total number of bodies found has reached thirteen.

According to LPR leader Leonid Pasechnik, there was a methane explosion in the mine on Thursday. The LPR MES had informed that three miners had died and another 15 were missing.