Kostenko mine disaster

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Kostenko mine disaster

Kostenko mine, 2016
Date	28 October 2023 (2023-10-28)
Location	Kostenko mine, Karaganda, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Coordinates	49°51′36″N 73°06′54″E / 49.86°N 73.115°E / 49.86; 73.115
Deaths	46
Non-fatal injuries	18

On the morning of 28 October 2023, a fire started at the Kostenko mine in the Karaganda Region of Kazakhstan.^[1] The fire killed 46 miners. The fire was presumably caused by a methane gas explosion underground. The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, ordered the termination of all investment with the company ArcelorMittal Temirtau, which owns the mine,^[2] and 29 October was declared a national day of mourning in Kazakhstan.^[3]