2009-12-28 05:11:08 - HAZMAT - China EDIS CODE: HZ-20091228-24337-CHN
Date & Time: 2009-12-28 05:11:08 [UTC]
Area: China, Province of Shanxi, Donggou Colliery, Jiexiu City Number of death person(s): 22
Damage level: Moderate (Level 2)
Not confirmed information! Description: Twelve people died when a gas pocket ignited in a coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province, local officials said Monday. The accident occurred at 11:30 p.m. Sunday when 16 miners were working in a shaft in the Donggou Colliery in Jiexiu City, said a spokesman with the Shanxi Provincial Work Safety Administration. The mine was expanding its annual production capacity from the authorized 30 tonnes. The workers violated a safety rule that prohibited the demolition of a wall between the shaft and a disused area of the mine where the gas was accumulated in high density, the spokesman said. The four survivors were under observation in hospital. Their conditions were unavailable.
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