Ukrainian rescuers carry a stretcher with a gas explosion victim's body at the Skochinsky mine in Donetsk, Ukraine, Friday, April 11, 2014. Several people were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in eastern Ukraine on Friday, officials said. The Emergency Services Ministry said Seventy-eight people were working in the mine when the blast occurred early Friday morning. They said it was provoked by a sudden release of gas during work in the drilling pits. 13 rescue teams and five resuscitation and anti-shock teams were dispatched to the scene of the accident, officials said. (AP Photo/Andrey Basevich)
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