A coal mine accident killed six people in north China's Shanxi Province, local authorities said
Saturday.
The accident took place at about 9:00PM Friday at an
illegally-run coal mine located at the Shijialing Village of Jingle
County in Xinzhou City, a press official with Jingle County
government said.
But it was not immediately known what type of accident it was,
as local authorities were trying to capture the mine owner, the
official said.
One of the six victims came from central China's Henan Province
and the other five from southwestern Sichuan Province, he said.
The coal mine had been sealed off before the accident happened,
he said.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
This is the latest coal mine accident in Shanxi, a coal-rich
province. Three mine accidents took place in Shanxi's Linfen City
in March, in which 32 people were killed and 35 government
officials were sacked.
(Xinhua News Agency April 1, 2007)