11 dead, 2 missing after fire at Hebei coal mine
By Leeann Li |
March 2, 2013, Saturday
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ELEVEN workers are dead and two were missing after a fire at a coal mine in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, on Thursday night, the State Administration of Work Safety said yesterday.
The fire started about 8pm when 13 people were working 750 meters underground in the Aijiagou Coal Mine in Huailai County, the administration said on its website.
The 11 miners died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Rescue workers were still searching for the two missing miners yesterday.
An initial investigation found ventilation fans caught fire and ignited a wooden shed. How the fans caught fire was being investigated.
The mine belongs to Zhangkuang Group, which is a subsidiary of Jizhong Energy Group Co Ltd, Xinhua news agency reported.
China has one of the world's deadliest coal mine industries. Safety improvements have reduced deaths in recent years, but rules often are ignored and accidents still common. Some coal mines ordered to suspend production due to safety problems have illegally resumed production without fixing the problems, Xinhua reported.
In a separate case, six workers were injured when a boiler exploded about 9am yesterday at a plant in Harbin, capital of northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, People's Daily reported.
The blast occurred in a prefab building. The building was destroyed and the boiler thrown into a warehouse 40 meters away. The warehouse roof partly collapsed and some stored goods were damaged.
The fire started about 8pm when 13 people were working 750 meters underground in the Aijiagou Coal Mine in Huailai County, the administration said on its website.
The 11 miners died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Rescue workers were still searching for the two missing miners yesterday.
An initial investigation found ventilation fans caught fire and ignited a wooden shed. How the fans caught fire was being investigated.
The mine belongs to Zhangkuang Group, which is a subsidiary of Jizhong Energy Group Co Ltd, Xinhua news agency reported.
China has one of the world's deadliest coal mine industries. Safety improvements have reduced deaths in recent years, but rules often are ignored and accidents still common. Some coal mines ordered to suspend production due to safety problems have illegally resumed production without fixing the problems, Xinhua reported.
In a separate case, six workers were injured when a boiler exploded about 9am yesterday at a plant in Harbin, capital of northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, People's Daily reported.
The blast occurred in a prefab building. The building was destroyed and the boiler thrown into a warehouse 40 meters away. The warehouse roof partly collapsed and some stored goods were damaged.
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