Some 28 miners had been confirmed dead by early Tuesday and
another 14 were still missing in a coal mine gas explosion in
Datong City of north China's Shanxi
Province.
The blast occurred at around 6:40 a.m. Monday, when a total of
43 miners were working in the Xing'ergou mine. Rescue work was
immediately conducted and one miner survived.
According to the State Administration of Production Safety, 15
bodies were found underground while 13 died soon after being sent
to the local hospital.
Rescue workers were continuing their efforts to find the missing
miners and investigation into the cause of the explosion was under
way, officials said.
(Xinhua News Agency August 12, 2003)