Rescue workers arrive to carry out rescue operations following a gas explosion at the Liushenyu coal mine in Changzhi, in northern China's Shanxi province on May 23, 2026.
Emergency rescuers in northern China were undertaking a major operation on Sunday to find two people still missing after a gas explosion at a coal mine killed at least 82.
The blast at the Liushenyu shaft in Shanxi province on Friday was the country's worst mining disaster in nearly two decades, with 247 workers underground at the time, according to state media.
Hundreds of rescuers have rushed to the site, with medical teams taking 128 people to the hospital as of Saturday evening, loaded into ambulances and carried on stretchers.
AFP journalists saw police blocking the road leading to the mine late Saturday, allowing only authorised vehicles to enter.
