Social-media users ask why some workers weren’t wearing mandatory tracking devices and why there were twice as many of them underground as disclosed by the private mining company

Official news agency Xinhua said the accident at Changzhi city's Liushenyu coal mine happened on Friday evening and 247 workers were trapped underground.

The explosion took place late Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, where 247 workers were reportedly underground at the time of the incident. | World News

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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...

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.

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

A gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern Shanxi province killed at least 82 people, local officials said Saturday, in what was the country’s deadliest mining accident in…

A gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern Shanxi province killed at least 90 people, state media said on Saturday. It was the country’s deadliest mining accident in…

BEIJING — At least 82 people were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China’s Shanxi province, according to Chinese state news agency...

The incident marks China's deadliest mining accident in years.

An explosion at a coal mine in China that killed at least 82 people was the result of the company involved having committed multiple serious safety violations, an early…

The explosion is China's deadliest mining accident since 2009

The Shanxi mine explosion left 128 people hospitalized as authorities intensified rescue efforts and launched a nationwide mining safety review.

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.

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China's National Mine Safety Administration put Shanxi's Liushenyu mine on its high-risk list in 2024 for high gas content. On Friday, it exploded.

Chinese authorities are investigating a coal mine explosion in Shanxi province that exposed alleged violations and rescue failures.

Chinese authorities have launched an investigation into "serious breaches" of security regulations after an explosion in a coal mine left at least 82 people dead. Two people…

A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's Shanxi Province has killed at least 82 people, media described as the deadliest mining accident in 17 years.

A catastrophic gas explosion at a Shanxi coal mine has claimed 82 lives, laying bare systemic safety failures, unpaid wages, and desperate workers forced underground despite…