Smoke slows Chinese mine rescue
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explosion, which could be the worst disaster to hit the world&#39;s most dangerous mining industry in four years. the mine, which it said was known for a high concentration of gas.
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Toxic gas hampered the search for 141 trapped coal miners Monday following an explosion in central China, and an official said their chances of survival were ``extremely slight.
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A gas explosion in a coal mine in China has killed at least 56 miners, and 92 others listed as missing had only a slim chance of survival, officials say.
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Eight miners were confirmed dead up to 8:00 am Sunday in the five iron mines that caught fire Saturday morning in the city of Shahe in north China&#39;s Hebei Province, while 19 were rescued and 79 still trapped.
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BEIJING Nov 28, 2004 - A gas explosion tore through a central Chinese coal mine on Sunday, trapping at least 188 miners and sending smoke billowing out the mine&#39;s air vents, the government said.
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The death toll in a coal mine explosion in central China rose to 63 with 103 workers still missing, the government said Tuesday, as toxic fumes unleashed from the blast slowed rescuers from entering the pit.
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Officials in China are holding few hopes for the survival of 148 miners trapped after a coal mine explosion. So far, 56 people are confirmed to have died in the blast in Henan province and rescue work is continuing.
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Rescue teams scrambling to reach 84  trapped miners after one of China's worst mine disasters in  years pulled two more bodies from the rubble on Friday, leaving  the toll from the blast at 64, state media said.
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JHARIA, India  - Indian rescue teams struggled on   Friday to locate and remove the charred bodies of 54 miners   killed after the roof of a state-owned coal mine collapsed   following an explosion, authorities said.
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Thirty-three are dead and 61 missing after a mine fire in north China&#39;s Hebei Province, Sunday. The fire began at 10:30 am Saturday in the Baita Township of Shahe, trapping 106 miners underground.
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Low temperatures complicate efforts to reach trapped miners after a blast kills at least 203 in China.
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Beijing -- Rescue teams were trying to push through miles of rubble- and smoked- filled tunnels Sunday to save as many as 141 miners trapped after a gas explosion blasted through a coal mine in central China.
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Officials in northern China say hopes of finding more survivors of Sunday&#39;s mine blast are fading. Twenty-five bodies have been recovered and rescue workers on Monday battled thick smoke while
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BEIJING Eight miners have been killed in a fire that broke out in a complex of iron mines in northern China. State media says Chinese rescuers are struggling to find 79 more miners still trapped.
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More than a day and a half after a deadly gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northwest China, rescuers are losing hope of finding 141 people still trapped underground.
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A gas explosion in a coal mine killed at least 56 miners, and chances were low that 92 missing people would survive, in China&#39;s deadliest coal mining accident this year, officials said today.
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About 123 miners escaped a major Sunday gas explosion at a mine in China, but more than 170 were reported trapped underground. The state-owned Chenjiashan Coalmine, under the