The accident has triggered a vast rescue operation with hundreds of emergency workers, promises of an “uncompromising” investigation and an intervention from President Xi Jinping.

An explosion in a coal mine in northern China has killed at least 82 people, with some still unaccounted for, state media say. President Xi Jinping has demanded an "all-out"…

Almost 40 people are still trapped underground in a coal mine in northern China. President Xi Jinping has called for an all-out effort to search and rescue those missing.

Xi tells authorities to 'spare no effort' and orders investigation

A rescue operation is underway

Xi Jinping urges authorities to ‘spare no effort’ in rescue efforts after blast at mine in northern Shanxi province

Xi orders all-out rescue effort after deadly Shanxi coal mine explosion

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…

A gas explosion at a China coal mine in Shanxi province has killed 82 people, with rescuers searching for more missing. President Xi Jinping calls for inve

Rescuers still searching “intensively” for 9 missing; Xi calls for thorough investigations into incident.

Six emergency rescue teams consisting of 345 personnel have since been sent to the scene, the Xinhua state news agency reported on Saturday.

Rescue teams were searching for two people missing in a coal mine blast in northern China that left at least 82 dead, state media said early Sunday.

A gas explosion at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi province killed 90 workers, with Chinese President Xi Jinping ordering an all-out rescue effort.

President Xi Jinping has called on authorities nationwide to learn from the incident.

Rescue operations continuing as president Xi Jinping orders investigation into cause of incident

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At least 90 people were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China’s Shanxi Province, marking the country’s deadliest mining accident since at least 2009.

A gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern Shanxi province has killed at least 90 people, state media reported Saturday, marking the...

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for authorities to "spare no effort" in treating the injured and conducting search and rescue operations, while ordering a thorough…

A coal mine explosion in northern China has killed at least 82 people, with others still missing. President Xi has ordered an "all-out" rescue effort.

A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has killed at least 90 people, state media reported on Saturday, the country's biggest mining disaster in 17 years.