{"id":357582,"date":"2026-05-23T02:10:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/coal-mine-gas-explosion-in-china-kills-at-least-82-people-state-media"},"modified":"2026-05-23T02:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:10:52","slug":"coal-mine-gas-explosion-in-china-kills-at-least-82-people-state-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/coal-mine-gas-explosion-in-china-kills-at-least-82-people-state-media","title":{"rendered":"Coal mine gasoline explosion in China kills at the least 82 individuals: State media"},"content":{"rendered":"


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BEIJING — <\/span>A gas explosion at a coal mine in China\u2019s northern province of Shanxi killed at least 82 people, state media reported Saturday and after dozens were said to be trapped underground.<\/p>\n

Official news agency Xinhua said the accident at Changzhi city\u2019s Liushenyu coal mine happened on Friday evening and 247 workers were trapped underground.<\/p>\n

The agency initially reported early Saturday eight people were killed and 38 were trapped underground.<\/p>\n

The cause of the explosion was under investigation, Xinhua reported, and rescue work is pressing on.<\/p>\n

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for an all-out effort to rescue the missing and an investigation of the accident’s cause while holding those responsible accountable, according to Xinhua.<\/p>\n

Shanxi province is known as China\u2019s main coal mining province<\/a>. With a size larger than Greece and a population of around 34 million, the province’s hundreds of thousands of miners dug 1.3 billion tons (1.17 billion metric tons) of coal last year, or almost a third of China\u2019s total.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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