Islamabad, Jan 3 (DPA) An underground explosion in a coal mine in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province killed nine people, a media report said Sunday.
The blast ripped through a gas-filled mine Saturday at the Marwar coalfield, located 80 km from the provincial capital, Quetta.
Rescuers recovered the bodies after a search operation that continued through Saturday night, [...]
Beijing, Dec 29 (IANS) A gas explosion Tuesday left at least four people injured and 1,000 homeless in Hohhot, capital of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, an official said.
Xinhua news agency reported that the injured included two children. A 47-year-old man was seriously injured and still in danger, said doctors of the 253 Hospital [...]
Beijing, Nov 23 (DPA) The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China has risen to 104, with four workers still trapped underground, state media said Monday.
The explosion occurred early Saturday in the Xinxing mine in Hegang City, Heilongjiang province, as 528 miners were working underground.
By early Monday morning, rescuers [...]
Beijing, Nov 22 (DPA) The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China rose overnight to 87, with 21 workers still trapped, local media reported Sunday.
The explosion occurred early Saturday in the Xinxing mine in Hegang City, Heilongjiang province, with 528 miners underground.
By Sunday morning, 87 bodies had been retrieved, [...]
Beijing, Nov 21 (IANS) At least 42 miners were killed in a gas explosion in a coal mine in northeast China Saturday, an official said.
The explosion in a mine in Hegang city in Heilongjiang province, 400 km east of provincial capital Harbin, occurred 400 meters underground, said Zhang Jinguang, a spokesman with the rescue headquarters.
Pan [...]
Beijing, Nov 21 (DPA) A gas explosion at a coal mine in north-east China trapped 139 workers early Saturday, local media reported.
More than 500 miners were working when the explosion occurred at 2:30 a.m. in a mine in Hegang City, Heilongjiang province, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported.
Local residents in Hegang, 10 kilometres from the [...]
