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MOSCOW Women's Demarcus Walker Jersey , Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Rescue workers lifted to the surface all 142 people trapped in a flooded diamond mine in Russia's Arctic, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said on Friday.


Earlier on the day, the Mir underground mine of Russia's top diamond producer Alrosa, located near the town of Mirny in Sakha Republic, was flooded by some 300,000 cubic meters of water from a neighboring abandoned quarry, according to the ministry.


It was initially reported that there were 151 people in the mine at the time of the accident Women's Garett Bolles Jersey , but later Alrosa said that only 142 people of the shift descended, while nine others remained on the surface.


The ministry, Alrosa and the local government said in separate statements that they had joined forces to organize the rescue operation.


They said rescue teams, including divers, resuscitation physicians and surgeons, psychological service specialists, as well as Alrosa head Sergei Ivanov Women's Courtland Sutton Jersey , Sakha head Yegor Borisov and Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov flew to Mirny.


Over 100 people and more than 10 units of equipment were involved in the work at the mine, the Emergencies Ministry said in a statement, adding that another 30 mine rescuers and underground divers with equipment were prepared for airlifting to Mirny from the Western Siberian city of Novokuznetsk.


Alrosa's Mir underground mine, over one kilometer deep, was commissioned in August 2009.


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