5 dead, 2 missing in coal mine accident in China's Shanxi

TAIYUAN -- Five miners were killed and another two missing as a warehouse in a colliery shaft collapsed in North China's Shanxi province, authorities said.

The accident happened at 10:45 pm Monday at Taoyuan Xinlong coal industrial corporation in Zhongyang county, burying seven people, according to the publicity department of the county's Party committee.

As of 7 am Tuesday, five bodies had been pulled out of debris and rescuers were searching for the missing.