China Mine Blast

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  China Launches Massive Safety Probe After Chemical Blast That Killed 78

  China will launch a month-long, nationwide inspection campaign into hazardous chemicals, mines, transportation and fire safety, the country's safety watchdog said, following a deadly pesticide plant blast that killed 78 people last week.

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  China Coal Mine Blasts Kill 38: Report

  At least 38 people were killed in two separate Chinese coal mine blasts this week, according to death tolls reported by state media on Saturday.

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  Rescuers Try To Find 15 Still Trapped By Mine Blast In China

  Hundreds of rescuers were struggling to find 15 coal miners still trapped a day after a gas explosion killed 18 of their colleagues in western China.

• 17 Miners Trapped After Coal Mine Blast in China

  At least 17 miners were trapped after a blast in a coal mine in Xinjiang region of northwest China.

• Coal mine blast in western China kills 21

  A blast at a coal mine in China's far-west Xinjiang province killed 21 people on Friday, state agency Xinhua said.

• 10 killed, 15 injured in coal mine blast in China

  At least 10 miners were killed and 15 others injured when a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in central China, the latest deadly incident to hit the country's troubled mining industry.

• 40 miners die in two coal mine blasts in Southwest China

  Authorities say 40 miners have died in two separate coal mine explosions in southwestern China.

• 40 killed in twin mine blasts in China

  The death toll in China's twin mine accidents rose to 40 today, with the number of dead in Sichuan province blast reaching 28.

• China coal mine blast kills ten, three missing

  State media say the death toll from a coal mine explosion in southwestern China has risen to 10, with three workers still missing.

• Coal mine blast kills six in China

  At least six people were killed in a coal mine explosion in central China.

• China mine blast kills 17: state media

  A gas blast in a southwest China coal mine left 17 people dead on Wednesday, state press said of the latest accident in the dangerous industry.

• 19 killed in China coal mine blast, 28 still trapped

  A gas explosion at a coal mine in southwest China has killed 19 miners and trapped dozens more, state media reported on Thursday. The Xiaojiawan coal mine in Sichuan province's coal-rich Panzhihua city exploded on Wednesday evening with 152 miners inside, Central China Television said.

• Gas leak kills 20 in latest China mine accident

  Hundreds of rescuers took turns descending into an illegally operated coal mine Thursday to search for 23 Chinese miners trapped by a gas leak that killed 20 others, in the country's second deadly mining accident in less than a week.

• China coal mine gas blast kills 29 workers

  A gas explosion at a coal mine in central China has killed 29 workers, Chinese authorities said Sunday. Six other miners survived Saturday evening's blast at a state-owned coal mine in Hengyang city in Hunan province, China's State Administration of Work Safety said in a statement on its website.

• Seven die in coal mine blast in China

  At least seven people were killed when a gas blast in a coal mine in China's Hunan province exploded, government sources said Monday.The accident occurred around Sunday evening at the Minxing Coal Mine in Zhonglian township, Xinhua reported.