Twelve coal miners have been killed and 11 others trapped in two gas explosions in China, state media said Monday, in the latest accidents to strike the country's notoriously dangerous mining sector.
Twelve coal miners have been killed and 11 others trapped in two gas
explosions in China, state media said Monday, in the latest accidents to strike
the country's notoriously dangerous mining sector.
The 12 workers were killed in a blast late Sunday at the Donggou coal mine in
the city of
Jiexiu
in
northern
Shanxi
province, Xinhua news agency quoted local authorities as saying.
The accident happened after the workers "violated a safety rule" by
demolishing a wall between the shaft and a disused area of the mine where gas
had accumulated, a spokesman for the local work safety administration said.
Four people were hospitalized for injuries suffered in the blast, but their
condition was unknown, the report said.
In the second incident in southwest
Yunnan
province's Shuangbai county, rescuers were working to locate 11 trapped workers
after a blast at the Malishu coal mine Monday, Xinhua said.
China
's
coal mines are among the most dangerous in the world, with safety often ignored
in the quest for profits and a drive to meet surging demand for coal, the
source of about 70% of the country's energy.
Thousands of miners are reportedly killed in accidents every year. Last month,
108 miners were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in
Heilongjiang
province in northeastern
China
.
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