Workers were engaged in constructing a stopping wall when the incident occurred in the early morning hours, police said
A gas explosion that killed at least 82 people in central China – the country’s worst mining disaster in more than a decade – was the result of systemic safety failures across multiple parts of the production chain, according to miners and industry insiders. The Friday blast at the Liushenyu Coal Mine in Shanxi province also left two people missing and 128 survivors in hospital, including two in critical condition. Miners interviewed by the South China Morning Post said several workers had not...
Surveillance video caught the moment a powerful explosion surged through the tunnels of a coal mine in China.
At least 82 people have been killed and two are missing after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, officials say.
On China's tightly-controlled internet, people are calling for justice and questioning how this happened.
The explosion took place at 19:29 local time on Friday at a coal mine in northern China.
More than 50 people have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in the central Chinese province of Shanxi that trapped dozens more. State news agency Xinhua reported that the gas explosion happened in Qinyuan county, about 520km (320 miles) southwest of Beijing, on Friday after the mine issued a carbon monoxide alert late on Friday. There were 247 workers underground at the time of the blast. It was unclear whether other workers remained trapped. President Xi Jinping called for rescuers to “make...