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74 miners dead; 96 missing in China coal mine explosion

by Amy Judd | February 21, 2009 at 05:02 pm

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The death toll has risen to 74 from the explosion.

The men who were trapped inside contaced many of their loved ones by mobile phone.

Out of the 426 miners working in the mine, at least 74 miners are dead, 96 missing and 114 injured after a gas explosion at a China coal mine in the Shanxi province. The name of the coal mine is Shanxi Jiaomei Group's Dunlan mine in Gujiao City, which is located near Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province.

Most of the miners are suffering from carbon monxide poisoning.

Previous coverage:

96 miners have been trapped underground when a gas explosion occured in a coal mine in Northern China. 436 miners were working underground at the time, but it thought that most of them got out just in time.

The blast happened at 2:00am in Shanxi province.

According to an initial check, 96 miners were trapped underground.

Zhang Baoshun, the provincial Communist Party committee chief, and Provincial Governor Wang Jun have rushed to the mine.

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Uwe Paschen

at 05:48 on February 22nd, 2009

Is almost a quarterly event in China in recent years.

Vinny

at 07:59 on February 22nd, 2009

The death toll has risen to 74.

aelusive

at 09:52 on February 22nd, 2009

sad story

harringtola

at 10:29 on February 23rd, 2009

Having recently experienced mine disasters in North America, we can identify with the pain associated with the waiting and the discovery.

gerrypopplestone

at 18:49 on February 24th, 2009

An important story. What a horrible way to die. There are so many deaths in the mines each year. But it used to be pretty bad in Britain when we had a mining industry.