Four trapped as coal mine floods in N China's Shanxi

China mine blast: Death toll rises

By: dustgeer

The death toll following a gas explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China that killed 42 workers and left 66 miners trapped underground on Saturday was expected to rise, local media reported.The explosion occurred at 2:30 am in the Xinxing mine in Hegang City, Heilongjiang province, with 528 miners underground, the state-run Xinhua news ...

7 days ago

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 ...

6 days ago

Two more bodies are recovered at a mine in China

By: daltonvette

Hegang, China-The rescue teams recovered two more bodies at the mine in northeastern China where there was a gas leak and the deaths now number a total of 106 people killed, said on Wednesday a spokesman for the mine. The death toll of the accident at the mine Hegang Xinxing, in the Heilongjiang province could increase as two more ...

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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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