11 dead in China coal mine blast
August 25th, 2009 - 11:45 am ICT by IANSJinzhong (China), Aug 25 (Xinhua) A blast in a coal mine in China’s Shanxi province left 11 people dead and three missing, authorities said.
The explosion Monday ripped through a shaft of the Xingguang Coal Industry Co. Ltd. in Jinzhong city when 16 miners were working there, according to the Coal Industry Administration of Shanxi.
Eleven bodies were recovered.
The rescuers were trying to send a pipe into the 300-metre-deep shaft to increase ventilation.
The mine, with a reserve of 203 million tonnes, belongs to the Shanxi International Electricity Group.
- Eleven dead in coal mine blast in China - Aug 25, 2009
- 11 killed, 3 missing in China mine blast - Aug 25, 2009
- Seven killed in China mine collapse - Feb 20, 2012
- Struggle to rescue 22 trapped miners in China - Nov 11, 2011
- 20 dead in China coal mine gas leak - Nov 10, 2011
- Death toll from Central China's mine accident reaches 26 - Oct 17, 2010
- Toll reaches 28 in China coal mine gas leak - Nov 12, 2011
- Gas explosion at southwest China mine kills at least 7 - Oct 29, 2010
- Disused shaft, slow evacuation blamed for China mine disaster - Mar 31, 2010
- Shaft collapses at coal mine in southwest China, killing 5 - Sep 25, 2011
- China: 11 workers confirmed dead in Changzhi mine accident - Apr 17, 2012
- Six dead in central China coal mine gas leak - Nov 16, 2011
- Seven trapped Chinese miners found alive - Nov 19, 2011
- Death toll from China's coal mine accident reaches 31 - Oct 18, 2010
- 12 die in Chinese coal mine accident, five held - Dec 28, 2009
Tags: authorities, china coal mine, coal industry, electricity group, explosion, industry administration, industry co ltd, international electricity, miners, rescuers, shaft, shanxi province, tonnes, ventilation, xinhua