Monday, March 12, 2012

Report: 20 Dead in China Mine Accident

BEIJING - Twenty people died and nine others were missing after a mine in northeast China flooded, state media said Sunday.

Xinhua News Agency said rescue efforts were under way to find the missing miners after the Saturday night flood in a state-owned mine in Fushan, an industrial city east of the Liaoning provincial capital of Shenyang. No other details were provided.

China's coal mines are the world's deadliest, suffering thousands of deaths a year in fires, floods and other disasters despite repeated official promises to improve safety.

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