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Death toll in Henan colliery gas blast rises to 35
Source: Xinhua |
September 8, 2009, Tuesday
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THE death toll has climbed to 35following today's coal mine gas explosion in central China's Henan Province, local safety watchdog said.
Forty-four people remain trapped in the Xinhua No. 4 pit in Xinhua District of Pingdingshan City, where a deadly gas blast happened at around 1 am today, said a spokesman with the Henan Provincial Bureau of Work Safety.
He said rescue work is continuing.
A total of 93 people were working in the pit when the accident happened, and 14 of whom managed to escape.
The township-run colliery, which produces 150,000 tonnes annually, was undergoing an overhaul and had not been allowed to resume production by the city government, said a spokesman with the Pingdingshan city committee of the Communist Party of China.
Forty-four people remain trapped in the Xinhua No. 4 pit in Xinhua District of Pingdingshan City, where a deadly gas blast happened at around 1 am today, said a spokesman with the Henan Provincial Bureau of Work Safety.
He said rescue work is continuing.
A total of 93 people were working in the pit when the accident happened, and 14 of whom managed to escape.
The township-run colliery, which produces 150,000 tonnes annually, was undergoing an overhaul and had not been allowed to resume production by the city government, said a spokesman with the Pingdingshan city committee of the Communist Party of China.
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