BEIJING: A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has killed at least 82 people, state media reported on Saturday, in one of the country’s biggest industrial disasters of recent years. The blast occurred at 7:29 p.m. (1129 GMT) on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi province, according to state news agency Xinhua. A total of 247 workers were underground at the time, most of whom were brought to the surface by Saturday morning, Xinhua said.

The accident took place at 9.43 pm (local time) at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan County of Changzhi City. | World News

At least four people are dead and 90 others are trapped underground after carbon monoxide levels “exceeded limits” in a coal mine in northeast China on Friday night, according to…