BEIJING: 21 miners were killed in a gas explosion in a coal mine in southwestern China, state news agency Xinhua Friday, according to rescuers.
The mishap occurred late Thursday in a coal mine in the city of Anshun in Guizhou Province.All known workers to be in the pit was recorded after the blast, as 10 staff fled to safety, Xinhua said.
The bodies of 21 other miners were found by rescuers in the mine, which was hit by an outbreak of toxic carbon monoxide, news agency Xinhua.
"We indoors at the mine to conduct rescue operations at midnight, and contributed to three of the survivors out of the shaft," a nickname rescue Zhao.
He said five of the 10 survivors were hospitalized after being disillusioned by carbon monoxide from coal-gas eruption.
Wang Shuhe, deputy director of the State management for the miners used the security is on the way to the scene. Yuan, Yang Colliery is a private mine was upgraded at the time of the misfortune.
Mine accident have become very common in energy-hungry China as security wide was ignored in the rush to get together rising demand for coal, source of about 70 percent of its energy.
Flooding in Shanxi was seen as uncomfortable for the government which has touted a reform program aims both to improve safety and close hazardous mines.
Rescue workers recovered 28 bodies from a mine in Inner Mongolia region, flooded in early March, state media report former this month.
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