Heroically, Drägermen (rescue miners with breathing equipment) and barefaced miners (without such protection) entered the No. 4 to aid their colleagues. 39 miners died, and 88 were rescued. International media coverage of the 1956 explosion was largely overshadowed by the Soviet invasion of Hungary and the Suez Crisis, which happened at about the same time. Nevertheless, Canadian and local media gave extensive coverage to the 1956 disaster.