Rescuers hunt China mine missing

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Tuesday, 29 November

2005, 06:14 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rescuers

hunt China mine missing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rescuers worked

for many hours trying to recover their colleagues

 

 

 

Chinese

rescuers searching for 15 coal miners trapped underground after an explosion

have found four of them dead, taking the overall death toll to 138.

The accident happened on Sunday at the Dongfeng mine in Heilongjiang province.

Relatives of the dead and missing gathered outside the mine's gates in

temperatures of -15C over Monday night, demanding to be let in.

Authorities say the blast occurred when coal dust caught fire,

knocking out the colliery's ventilation systems.

 

China's mines are considered

the world's deadliest.

This year alone, 3,000 deaths have been reported.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unsafe mines 'ignored'

The explosion was reported at about 2100 local time (1300 GMT)

on Sunday, the provincial coal mine safety administration told Xinhua.

The mine is run by Heilongjiang Longmei Mining Group, a

state-owned conglomerate.

The China Daily newspaper says that following a drive to increase

safety, 9,000 illegal coalmines have been closed down since September and

almost 13,000 dangerous ones suspended.

But the paper admitted that the central government's attempts to

improve safety were being compromised by local authorities ignoring unsafe

mines because they make money.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4480306.stm

 

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