China mine blast kills at least 44 and traps dozens more
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At least 44 miners died and dozens more remained trapped underground after a gas blast ripped through a coal mine in northern China, state media said Sunday.
The official Xinhua News Agency said earlier that nearly 100 miners were trapped in a pre-dawn blast at a mine belonging to the Shanxi Jiaomei Group in Gujiao city near Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province.
Initial reports said 340 miners were rescued or pulled from the mine, but the death toll had climbed to 44 by 11 a.m. local time, according to rescue workers.
An official with the provincial government duty office confirmed the accident, but did not have any details. He would give only his surname Chen.
The Shanxi Jiaomei Group is China's largest producer of coking coal, and operates 28 mines.
Although China has worked to cut mine accidents by closing more than a 1,000 small, dangerous mines last year, the country's mining industry is still the world's deadliest. About 3,200 miners died in accidents last year, a 15 percent improvement over the previous year.
Many of the smaller mines have lax safety measures, and are plagued by fires, explosions, floods and other accidents...
The official Xinhua News Agency said earlier that nearly 100 miners were trapped in a pre-dawn blast at a mine belonging to the Shanxi Jiaomei Group in Gujiao city near Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province.
Initial reports said 340 miners were rescued or pulled from the mine, but the death toll had climbed to 44 by 11 a.m. local time, according to rescue workers.
An official with the provincial government duty office confirmed the accident, but did not have any details. He would give only his surname Chen.
The Shanxi Jiaomei Group is China's largest producer of coking coal, and operates 28 mines.
Although China has worked to cut mine accidents by closing more than a 1,000 small, dangerous mines last year, the country's mining industry is still the world's deadliest. About 3,200 miners died in accidents last year, a 15 percent improvement over the previous year.
Many of the smaller mines have lax safety measures, and are plagued by fires, explosions, floods and other accidents...
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