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20 miners killed in Shanxi coal colliery
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-22 17:19 Twenty miners have been
confirmed killed in a coal mine accident in north China, including 14 who were
trapped in a coal shaft after an explosion and six others in a neighbouring
mine, reports said.
The accident was caused by a gas explosion on Friday at the Hougou Colliery,
a government-owned company located in Linfen city, Shanxi province, the Beijing
News said.
Fourteen of the miners in the Hougou shaft died.
The blast also damaged the neighbouring Shapingzi coal mine, killing six
miners there.
The accident came as at least 40 miners died and 10 are still missing after a
gas blast at a mine in north China's Chengde city, Hebei Province on
Thursday.
China's mines claimed the lives of about 6000 people last year, according to
official statistics.
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