It happened on Monday at 1:40 am. There was a blast from a cache of explosives that went off in the mine. There are possibly more then 58 miners pinned in the mine.
This is being considered the most deadly mine accident of the year.
26 of the 72 miners in the mine at the time of the accident were rescued at Pingdingshan city.
China has a very poor record when it comes to mine safety. They averaged nearly 7 deaths per day from accidents in the mines last year.
In the US there were only 18 deaths from mine accidents the whole year.
There are two rescue crews busy in the shaft trying to help evacuate trapped miners.
Already this year the deaths from China coal mine accidents out number the deaths last year for the same quater. Last year there were 509 death recorded. This year for the same quater, there are already 592 deaths.
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