|
|
 |
 |
 |
| Wednesday, 16 February 2005 |
 |
|
 |
World | |
| News Business Features Editorial Security Politics World Letters Sports Obituaries
|
China mine accident kills more than 200 BEIJING, Tuesday (Reuters) A gas explosion in a coal mine in China's northeastern rust-belt province of Liaoning killed at least 203 workers in the worst recorded disaster in 63 years to hit the world's most dangerous mining industry. The explosion, on Monday afternoon at the mine in Fuxin city, injured 28 miners and 13 were still trapped, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. A rescue team of more than 180 people was working to free trapped workers. The blast occurred 242 metres (800 ft) below ground at the Sunjiawan colliery of the state-owned Fuxin Coal Industry Group, Xinhua said. Dozens of miners wearing hard hats, dusty uniforms and long faces gathered at the entrance to the mine shaft, waiting for news of missing colleagues. "We have never seen such a big accident before," said an official at Fuxin's Coal Mine Safety Supervision Bureau. |
|
News | Business | Features
| Editorial | Security
Produced by Lake House |
