Flooded Chinese coal mine traps 15

42 dead, 66 trapped after China mine blast

By: intellectual

An explosion at a coal mine in northeast China has killed at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua says, citing emergency services. A further 66 are trapped and first-aid workers are searching for them, according to the agency, in the latest deadly incident to hit the industry. The blast happened at 2:30am yesterday at a mine in Heilongjiang ...

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Mine explosion in China kills 42

By: prabirghose

At least 42 people are reported to have been killed and hundreds more lie trapped in the debris of the mine explosion in Harbin, China. There were over 500 miners underground at the time of the explosion and over 300 are believed to have escaped. The world’s deadliest blast occurred just before dawn in the Xinxing coal mine bordering with ...

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Families protest mine disaster, toll hits 104

By: petergill

Relatives of victims of a gas blast at a mine in northeastern China scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners on Monday as state media put the toll from the country's latest mine disaster at 104.The explosion at the mine in Hegang in the frigid province of Heilongjiang erupted in the early hours of Saturday when more than 500 ...

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Hegang Coal Mine Explosion Death Toll Nearing The 100-Mark

By: JonathanAquino

  In the most lethal explosion in two years, fatalities at the coal mine explosion in Hegang, China has soared to 87, soon to hit the 100-mark. “The pre-dawn blast Saturday at the state-run Xinxing mine in Heilongjiang (pronounced HAY-long-jeeahng) province near the border with Russia was the latest to hit China's mining industry &...

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