YAKUTSK, November 27. /TASS/. Two people that were injured in a methane outburst at a metal mine in the Mirninsky District of Yakutia, have been taken to hospital in Udachny, the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s regional department said in a statement.

"Two injured have been hospitalized <…> to the municipal hospital of Udachny. Some 248 people were in the mine when the incident occurred," according to the statement.

Earlier reports said that three people died and two more were injured in a methane outburst in Udachny early on Monday.