Two people are missing following a coal mine blast on Monday
afternoon in southwest China's Yunnan Province, according to local
authorities.
The accident took place at 4:20?PM Monday, when 42 miners
were working underground in the state-owned Enhong Coal Mine in
Qujing, Yunnan. Forty people managed to escape, two of whom were
injured, said Zhang Yong, vice head of Qilin District where the
mine is located.
Rescuers are still searching for the other two missing
miners.
(Xinhua News Agency September 19, 2006)
