The death toll from a coal mine explosion in Jiangxi province rose to 15 on Monday afternoon when the last missing miner was found dead.

The Jiangxi tragedy is the country's second serious coal mine blast within a week after a deadly accident in Sichuan province on Wednesday left 45 dead and one missing.

Rescuers found the body of the last miner, identified as Zhou Ping, in the shaft of Gaokeng Coal Mine in Pingxiang city in Jiangxi at about 3:10 pm, the rescue headquarters said in a statement.