Death toll in Kazakh mine blast rises to 41

SHAKHTINSK, Kazakhstan, Sep 20 (Reuters) The death toll from an explosion today in a mine owned by Mittal Steel in Kazakhstan rose to 41, a Mittal official said.

''According to preliminary but almost certain data, 41 people have perished,'' Grigory Prezent, Deputy Coal Department Director of Mittal Steel Temirtau, told reporters at the scene. ''Thirty-two bodies have been found. They are being recovered at the moment.'' REUTERS SSC PM1957