Coal mine collapse kills six in Heilongjiang
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-09-25 14:41
HARBIN -- Six people were killed in a coal mine
collapse on Sunday night in Qitaihe City, northeast China's Heilongjiang
Province, local coal mine work safety supervisors confirmed on Monday.
At 10:50 p.m., a pit suddenly collapsed in Taoshan Coal Mine under the
Qitaihe branch of Heilongjiang Longmei Coal Mine Group Ltd. Of the seven miners
who were buried in the accident, one was rescued and six others were killed,
said the city's coal mine work safety supervision authorities.
The cause of the accident is being investigated.
On November 27, 2005, a blast at the Dongfeng Coal Mine in
Qitaihe, also under the Qitaihe branch of Heilongjiang Longmei Coal Mine Group,
claimed 171 lives and injured 48 others, incurring 42.93 million yuan (US$5.4
million) in direct economic losses.
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