November 22, 2009
China mine disaster kills 87 workers (AFP)
AFP – The death toll from a coal mine blast in northeast China climbed to 87 on Sunday as rescuers hunted for 21 workers still trapped deep underground in the nation’s deadliest mine disaster in two years.
The toll from a coal mine explosion in north-east China has risen to 87 The accident was caused yesterday by a huge explosion that rocked the underground gas Xinxing mine in Heilongjiang near the Russian border A total of 528 mine workers were on time and saved hundreds Mine General Manager and chief engineer have been removed according to Chinese media reports China has an appalling record of safety work in mines with hundreds of workers dying each year .
China Mine Toll Reaches 87 HEGANG China—The toll from China's latest coal mine disaster reached 87 as hopes dimmed on Sunday that more survivors would be found a day after a gas blast at a colliery in the country's icy far northeast Some 21 miners remained trapped or unaccounted for Zhang Jinguang a spokesman for the mine company told reporters who were taken by officials to see 20 or so rescue workers descending down a tunnel still belching smoke .
AFP - The toll from a coal mine blast in northeast China climbed to 87 on Sunday as rescuers hunted for 21 workers still trapped deep underground in the nation's deadliest mine disaster in two years.
AFP - The toll from a coal mine blast in northeast China climbed to 87 on Sunday as rescuers hunted for 21 workers still trapped deep underground in the nation's deadliest mine disaster in two years The mine produces 145 million tonnes of coal a year and the company itself ranked 12th out of China's top 100 mining companies and seventh in terms of production volume in 2009 according to its website China has a dismal work safety record with thousands of .
Some 528 workers were in the mine when the blast hit before dawn on Saturday local time said Xinhua The toll makes the accident among the worst in recent years in China's notoriously dangerous mines The blast in the mine in the region bordering Russia occurred at 0230 local time on Saturday 1830 GMT on Friday More than 400 people managed to escape CHINA'S WORST MINE DISASTERS Feb 1950 Yiluo mine Henan province – 174 dead May 1960 Laobaidong mine .
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