China mine blast kills 56, traps 148
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A gas explosion in a coal mine in central China&#39;s Henan province Wednesday night left 56 dead and 148 missing, Xinhua reported Thursday.
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BEIJING - A gas explosion tore through a central Chinese coal mine on Sunday, trapping at least 187 miners, the government said. The accident occurred in the state-owned Chenjiashan coal mine in Shaanxi province
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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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At least 56 workers have been killed and nearly 100 were missing feared dead after one of the worst coal mine disasters in China's recent history
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An explosion at a coal mine in north China on Wednesday killed at least 22 workers and injured 37, in the latest incident to hit the country&#039;s disaster-plagued mining industry.
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Chinese authorities say a massive coal mine blast last month that killed 148 people was sparked after mine operators failed to realize that extending the mine&#39;s shaft would greatly increase its gas level, state media reported Sunday.
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Nearly 150 miners were feared killed by a gas explosion in a coal shaft in central China, the highest recent toll in a cadence of underground tragedies in the country's hard-pressed energy industry, the government said Thursday.
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A gas explosion Sunday at a state-owned coal mine in northwest China has trapped 187 Chinese coal miners, according to state-run Xinhua news agency.
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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.
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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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BEIJING - At least 56 workers were killed and nearly 100 were missing feared dead after one of the worst coal mine disasters in Chinaâs recent history, officials said Thursday.
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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 the five iron mines that caught fire Saturday morning in Shahe City in north China&#39;s Hebei Province has risen to 57, said an official with the leading group in charge of the rescue operation.
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BEIJING -- A gas explosion in a crowded coal mine in central China has killed at least 56 people and left scores missing, the Xinhua news agency said today.
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An explosion in an illegal Chinese coal mine has killed eight miners and left an undetermined number missing, even as rescuers continued draining another flooded mine where at least 57 men are trapped and feared dead, officials and state-run media said Wednesday.
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BEIJING, Oct. 21 -- Nearly 150 miners were feared killed by a gas explosion in a coal shaft in central China, the highest toll in a series of recent mine tragedies affecting the country's hard-pressed energy industry, the government said Thursday.
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At least 56 people were killed in a major coal mine disaster in China today and the toll may rise to 204 with officials nearly giving up hope of finding the missing 148 miners alive in central Henan province.