At least 90 killed in Chinese coal mine explosion, state media reports

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

The gas explosion at the Liushenyu Coal Mine in Shanxi province is the worst mining disaster in China since 2009.

There were 247 workers reportedly on duty when the blast happened at 19:29 local time on Friday (22:29 GMT), with more than 100 people reportedly pulled to safety and hundreds of rescuers sent to the site.
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Twenty-seven people remain in a local hospital, with one in critical condition, while the rest have minor injuries. Most were affected after inhaling poisonous gas, according to state media, though it is not clear what type of gas it was.
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Some of the management team at the mine have reportedly been detained. The cause of the gas explosion has not yet been revealed, but state media reported that the levels of carbon monoxide - a highly toxic, odourless gas - in the mine were found to have "exceeded limits".

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y0ve18qlko

[WSHazel]

1. The sooner the world stops using coal, the better

[applegrove]

2. Here, here!

[pecosbob]

3. Hell must have frozen...China never admits to more than twenty-nine deaths in any accident, natural or otherwise.

It's called the thirty death rule.