Mine Blast in China Traps 170 Workers
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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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AS RESCUERS waited for a chance to enter a Chinese coal mine where an explosion has trapped workers and released toxic fumes, the government last night said about 50 workers were confirmed dead and more than 100 were still missing.
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A gas explosion in a state-owned mine in China has left 166 miners trapped underground with no means of contact. Nearly 300 miners were in Chenjiashan mine in Shaanxi province when the blast happened on Sunday morning, but 127 escaped, said state media.
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A gas explosion in a coal mine in central China late Wednesday has killed 56 workers, and the fate of nearly 150 others trapped inside the mine was unknown early Thursday, Chinese authorities say.
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A coal mine blast in northern China killed at least 56 people and left 92 others trapped or feared dead in the worst mine disaster this year, the government said.
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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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The death toll from a coal mine blast  in northern China has risen to 166, Xinhua news agency said  Wednesday, confirming one of the worst disasters to hit the  world's most dangerous mining industry.
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BEIJING -- A gas explosion tore through a central Chinese coal mine today, trapping at least 187 miners, the government said.
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A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in north China's Shaanxi province, trapping 170 miners in what threatens to be the worst disaster to hit the world's biggest coal producer in recent years.
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A gas explosion in a coal mine in central China killed 56 people and left dozens more missing or trapped, the government said Thursday.
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Chinese authorities have confirmed that all 166 miners trapped underground after an explosion at a coal mine in northern China are now dead.
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BEIJING - At least 25 miners have been killed and about 140 are trapped after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China. The official Xinhua news agency says there were 293 miners working underground
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Beijing: At least 56 people were killed and over 100 are missing in an explosion that ripped through a coal mine in central Chinas Henan Province, local officials said on Thursday.
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BEIJING  - All 166 miners trapped after a gas blast in China were confirmed dead, sparking riots by hundreds of angry relatives who stormed a government office, smashed windows and beat officials.
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CHENJIASHAN MINE, China : The death toll from a blast in a north China coal mine rose to 50 after more than 20 bodies were found as hopes of finding alive another 116 trapped workers all but vanished.
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More than 140 miners remained trapped in the tunnels and shafts of a coal mine in central China following an explosion Sunday that killed 25 of their colleagues, the government said.
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A total of 187 miners were trapped in a gas explosion taking place at 7:20 am at the Chenjiashan Coal in Tongchuan, northwest China&#39;s Shaanxi Province.