&#39;Absolutely no hope&#39; for 141 miners in China
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CHENJIASHAN MINE, China The 141 miners trapped inside a mine in northern China following a gas explosion have no chance of survival and are presumed dead, a local Communist Party secretary said Monday.
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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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XINMI, China -- Desperate to know their loved ones' fates, grieving relatives scuffled with guards yesterday at the scene of China's worst mining accident this year as rescue workers pulled more bodies out of a mine shaft choked with poison gas.
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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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The official Xinhua News Agency is reporting that the blast in northern China killed 28 miners along with five people who descended into the pit trying to rescue them.
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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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BEIJING - In what could be one of the worst coal mine disasters to hit China, at least 166 miners were trapped underground and feared dead after a gas explosion early yesterday in north-west China&#39;s Shaanxi province, state media 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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Rescue teams tried to reach 86 trapped miners on Friday after one of China&#39;s worst mine disasters in years killed at least 62 people, prompting calls for action by the president, state media said.
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CHINA&#39;S abysmal mine safety record reached a new low yesterday with news that more than 200 workers had been killed in a gas explosion deep underground.
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A gas explosion in a crowded coal mine  in China killed at least 56 people and left 92 missing with  little hope of surviving the country's most serious mine  accident in years, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
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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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Twenty-five Chinese coal miners were killed and 141 remained trapped underground a day after China&#39;s third major mining accident in less than six weeks.
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AT least nine miners were confirmed dead and rescue teams were battling to reach a further 57 trapped underground after a fire at five iron ore mines in northern China, officials and media said today.
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FUXIN, China -- Rescue crews searched yesterday for a dozen coal miners missing nearly 800 feet underground after a gas explosion in China's northeast killed 203 people in the deadliest mining disaster reported since communist rule began in 1949.
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Four workers are dead and 16 are missing after a fire at a mine in central China, as rescuers continued efforts to reach 36 miners unaccounted for after a flood in the country's southwest.
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Rescuers have recovered the bodies of all 12 miners missing after a blast at a coal mine in central China, with no word on the fate of 181 miners trapped underground in the east for more than two weeks.