Home>News Center>China
       
 

22 dead, 60 missing in Xinjiang mine blast
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2005-07-11 09:50

Twenty-two miners were killed and 60 others were missing after a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in Fukang, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Monday.

Five miners were rescued, according to a Xinhua report.

Chinese rescuers are ready to enter a coal mine pit for a rescue mission in the city of Fukang, Northwest China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 11, 2005. Twenty-two miners were killed and 60 others were missing after a gas explosion ripped through the Shenlong Mine. [Xinhua]
Chinese rescuers are ready to enter a coal mine pit in the city of Fukang, Northwest China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 11, 2005.[Xinhua]

Eighty-seven miners were working undergound when the accident occured at 2:30 in the morning, the State Administration of Work Safety said on its website.

Local leaders have rushed to the mine to organize rescue work. And rescue operation is underway.



Special police detachment established in Xi'an
Panda cubs doing well in Wolong
Suspect arrested in Taiwan
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

Taiwan's KMT Party to elect new leader Saturday

 

   
 

'No trouble brewing,' beer industry insists

 

   
 

Critics see security threat in Unocal bid

 

   
 

DPRK: Nuke-free peninsula our goal

 

   
 

Workplace death toll set to soar in China

 

   
 

No foreign controlling stakes in steel firms

 

   
  No foreign controlling stakes in steel firms
   
  China-made telescopes race to space
   
  'No trouble brewing,' beer industry insists
   
  HK investors cautious on mainland homes
   
  Law in pipeline to ban money laundering
   
  Overseas students test their Chinese abilities
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  News Talk  
  It is time to prepare for Beijing - 2008  
Advertisement