Coal mine disaster kills 17 workers
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SEVENTEEN coal miners were killed when a lift used to move workers fell down a shaft, the latest deadly mishap in the country’s accident-prone coal-mining industry.
The accident occurred last Thursday when a cable supporting a mining cage caught fire, causing the rig to tumble down the shaft in a state-operated coal mine in northeast Heilongjiang Province, Xinhua news agency reported.
An operation to extract the trapped miners from the wreckage was launched at the time but rescue workers could not reach them until Monday, finding them all dead, Xinhua said.
The Dongrong Second Mine under the Longmay Mining Holding Group is located near the city of Shuangyashan.
Two welders have been detained by police over “allegedly serious violations” of safety regulations, Xinhua said.
The mine’s manager also has been suspended from his post, it quoted the local government as saying.
China is the world’s largest coal producer, and deadly accidents in mines are common.
In December, explosions in two separate coal mines in the Inner Mongolia region and in Heilongjiang killed at least 59 people.
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