A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, killing at least 73 miners and trapping dozens in the still-burning shaft, state media said. China’s mines are the world’s most dangerous with more than 3,000 deaths …
Category Archive: Mine Disasters
Trapped Chinese miners freed after flood
Thirty-two of 34 workers trapped in the flooding of a central China mine have been rescued, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday. One worker died, and the last was missing, Xinhua said. The rescued workers were rushed to a …
36 dead in two mine accidents
BEIJING, China (AP) — Chinese state media say at least 36 people have been killed in two mine accidents. The official Xinhua News Agency said Sunday that 31 people were killed and nine others were missing after a gas explosion …