166 miners trapped in China blast
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BEIJING -- An explosion tore through a coal mine in central China yesterday, sending smoke billowing from air vents and trapping at least 166 miners in tunnels and shafts below without a method of communication, the government said.
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The death toll from a coal mine explosion in central China last week has risen to 122, with 26 people still missing. The accident happened at the Daping mine in Xinmi, central Henan province, on Wednesday, when 446 miners were working underground.
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By 6 pm on Sunday, 127 miners wererescued alive after a major gas explosion took place at the Chenjiashan Coalmine, Shaanxi Province, around 7:10 am but another 166 remained trapped underground.
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At least 25 miners died in a major gas explosion at a mine in China Sunday, while 141 men remained trapped underground. Forty-five of the 127 miners rescued were injured, reported Xinhua, China&#39;s main government-run news agency.
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BEIJING Nov 28, 2004 - At least 170 workers were trapped Sunday after an explosion tore through a central Chinese coal mine, sending smoke billowing out from air vents, the government said.
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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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Rescuers battled thick smoke on Monday to free 141 Chinese miners trapped after a gas explosion in a coal mine in northern China that killed at least 25, state media reported.
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An explosion at the state owned Chenjiashan coalmine in China has trapped 177 miners. Eighty have so far managed to escape yet officials estimate that 177 miners remain trapped.
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A wall of thick smoke blocked rescuers on Monday from 141 Chinese miners trapped after a gas explosion in a coal mine in northern China that killed at least 25, and officials saw scant hope of finding more survivors.
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THE death toll in a coal mine explosion in central China has risen to 63, with 103 miners still missing. The Government said yesterday an underground fire and toxic fumes from the blast hampered rescue work.
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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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Rescuers were searching for 166 workers who were trapped in a coal mine in central China Sunday after a massive explosion tore through the shaft in what could be the country&#39;s worst mining accident in recent years.
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Rescuers said 141 miners remained trapped in a coal mine filled with toxic gas in China&#39;s Shaanxi province Monday after an explosion the day before killed 25.
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The death toll in a massive coal mine explosion in central China rose Wednesday to 166 after scores of missing miners were declared dead, government radio reported.
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A Chinese court jailed two managers of a state-owned coal mine on Wednesday for negligence two years after a gas explosion killed 166 miners, Xinhua news agency said.
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All 166 miners trapped in a coal mine in China&#39;s Shaanxi province after a gas explosion were confirmed dead Wednesday, sparking riots by angry relatives.
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BEIJING - More than 140 miners remained trapped in the tunnels and shafts of a coal mine in central China after an explosion Sunday that killed 25 of their colleagues, the government said.