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Death toll rises to 83 in Xinjiang mine blast
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-13 19:47 The death toll has risen to 83 in the coal mine
gas blast that occurred Monday in Fukang, a city in northwest China's Xinjiang
Uygur Autonomous Region, which constituted the region's worst coal mine accident
in history, said a senior safety official Wednesday.
According to Zhao Tiechui, director of the State Coal Mine Safety Supervision
Administration, the gas explosion took place around 2:30 a.m. Monday in Shenlong
Coal Mine of Fukang County, 62 kilometers away from Urumqi, the regional
capital, when 87 people were working underground. Only four of them survived the
accident.
China's work safety watchdog has blamed the coal mine blast fora number of
safety loopholes, including overproduction, lack of a work safety license and
ill-management.
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