Coal Mine Disaster Leaves 90 Dead

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Ninety people are dead after a coal mine gas explosion in China’s northern Shanxi province.

According to https://english.news.cn/20260523/68e66b622f994059925f920a466451ad/c.html" rel="" target="_self" title="https://english.news.cn/20260523/68e66b622f994059925f920a466451ad/c.html">Xinhua News Agency, the explosion occurred on Friday evening while around 247 workers were on duty. https://apnews.com/article/china-shanxi-coal-mine-explosion-6816642e300ae6a8aded7c8dcc3eba61" rel="" target="_self" title="https://apnews.com/article/china-shanxi-coal-mine-explosion-6816642e300ae6a8aded7c8dcc3eba61">The Associated Press reported that more than 120 people were hospitalized, 90 people died, and nine remained unaccounted for as of Saturday afternoon.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for a thorough investigation into the explosion and a rescue mission for the missing workers following the incident. “I smelled sulphur, the same smell you get from blasting.

I shouted at people to run.

As we were running, I could see people collapsing from the fumes.

Then I blacked out too,” one of the hospitalized miners, Wang Yong, told state broadcaster CCTV. The broadcaster also said, according to the AP, that discrepancies between the mine’s blueprints and its actual structure complicated the rescue operation.

Some members of the mine’s management team have reportedly been detained, according to the https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y0ve18qlko" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y0ve18qlko">BBC. The outlet also noted that the Liushenyu Coal Mine, where the explosion occurred, was listed as having “severe safety hazards” by the Chinese National Mine Safety Administration in 2024 and received further administrative penalties for safety issues the following year.

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