About 20 Russian cave explorers escaped injury when an abandoned quarry near Moscow collapsed on Saturday, an Emergencies Ministry spokesman said.Viktor Beltsov said a rock blocking the entrance to the cave had been removed and that there were no reports of casualties.
"Nobody was injured. There were around 20 people inside, according to preliminary investigations," he said.
Russian news agencies quoted police sources as saying the quarry, about 30 km south of Moscow, collapsed around 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT).
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