An investigation into the cause of the blast has been opened.
Reports quote local authorities as saying the families of the dead miners will receive $35,700 each as compensation.
Scores of people die each year in mine accidents in Russia.
(AFP)
Coal miners in Ukraine (file photo) (AFP) March 4, 2006 -- Two miners were killed today and two injured in a methane explosion in a coal mine in the southern Siberian province of Kemerovo.
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