Death toll in China mine blast rises to 35

The death toll from a coal mine gas explosion in central China's Henan Province on Tuesday has climbed to 35 with 44 trapped underground.

Izvor: Xinhua

Tuesday, 08.09.2009.

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The death toll from a coal mine gas explosion in central China's Henan Province on Tuesday has climbed to 35 with 44 trapped underground. A total of 93 people were working in the pit when the accident happened, 14 of whom managed to escape, Xinhua news agency reported. Death toll in China mine blast rises to 35 A preliminary investigation showed illegal mining was to blame for the accident. The colliery was undergoing an overhaul and had not been allowed to resume production by the city government, with only five miners allowed to go underground to carry out ventilation and drainage work. However, 93 people were sent underground by the coal mine for illegal mining, the news agency said. Local authorities have frozen the colliery's bank account and its owners are under police surveillance. Coal mine disasters took 1,699 lives in Henan Province in the first eight months of this year, down 22 percent from the same period of last year, the provincial work safety bureau said.

Death toll in China mine blast rises to 35

A preliminary investigation showed illegal mining was to blame for the accident. The colliery was undergoing an overhaul and had not been allowed to resume production by the city government, with only five miners allowed to go underground to carry out ventilation and drainage work.

However, 93 people were sent underground by the coal mine for illegal mining, the news agency said.

Local authorities have frozen the colliery's bank account and its owners are under police surveillance.

Coal mine disasters took 1,699 lives in Henan Province in the first eight months of this year, down 22 percent from the same period of last year, the provincial work safety bureau said.

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