3dGameMan
02-15-2005, 11:18 AM
China Mine Blast Kills 203: ~source (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050215/ap_on_re_as/china_mine_explosion)
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By STEPHANIE HOO, Associated Press Writer
FUXIN, China - Rescue crews on Tuesday were searching for a dozen coal miners missing nearly 800 feet underground after a gas explosion in China's northeast killed 203 people in the deadliest mining disaster reported since communist rule began in 1949.
The explosion Monday afternoon at the Sunjiawan mine left 12 miners trapped underground and injured 22 others with carbon monoxide poisoning, burns and fractures, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
One trapped miner was rescued Tuesday afternoon, nearly 24 hours after the blast, Xinhua said.
The cause of the blast was under investigation, Xinhua said. It said the disaster occurred 794 feet below the surface.
Late Tuesday, a thick cordon of men in dark coats and helmets stood side by side, blocking the entrance to the mine, as cars full of paramilitary police patrolled the site. A line of vans waited to transport any injured to hospitals in Fuxin, a gritty soot-covered city where mining is the main industry.
"Mining is just too dangerous, but it's a struggle to find work here," said Zhang Qiang, a Fuxin native who said he performs odd jobs to make ends meet.
President Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders issued orders for local officials "to spare no effort to rescue those stranded in the mine," Xinhua said. It said they called for "strict measures" to prevent any more such disasters.
A government work team headed by a member of China's Cabinet arrived Tuesday morning at the mine in Liaoning province to help find the missing, treat the injured and prepare compensation for victims' families, Xinhua said...
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20050215/capt.xgb10402151406.china_mine_explosion_xgb104.jp g
By STEPHANIE HOO, Associated Press Writer
FUXIN, China - Rescue crews on Tuesday were searching for a dozen coal miners missing nearly 800 feet underground after a gas explosion in China's northeast killed 203 people in the deadliest mining disaster reported since communist rule began in 1949.
The explosion Monday afternoon at the Sunjiawan mine left 12 miners trapped underground and injured 22 others with carbon monoxide poisoning, burns and fractures, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
One trapped miner was rescued Tuesday afternoon, nearly 24 hours after the blast, Xinhua said.
The cause of the blast was under investigation, Xinhua said. It said the disaster occurred 794 feet below the surface.
Late Tuesday, a thick cordon of men in dark coats and helmets stood side by side, blocking the entrance to the mine, as cars full of paramilitary police patrolled the site. A line of vans waited to transport any injured to hospitals in Fuxin, a gritty soot-covered city where mining is the main industry.
"Mining is just too dangerous, but it's a struggle to find work here," said Zhang Qiang, a Fuxin native who said he performs odd jobs to make ends meet.
President Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders issued orders for local officials "to spare no effort to rescue those stranded in the mine," Xinhua said. It said they called for "strict measures" to prevent any more such disasters.
A government work team headed by a member of China's Cabinet arrived Tuesday morning at the mine in Liaoning province to help find the missing, treat the injured and prepare compensation for victims' families, Xinhua said...