A coal mine gas blast has killed three miners and injured seven
others in east China's Jiangxi Province, sources with the local
government said Tuesday.
The blast occurred around 12:10 a.m. Monday in the Yinying Coal
Mine in Puqian Township of Hengfeng County, in northeastern
Jiangxi, when ten miners were 285 meters underground carrying out
repair work.
The rescuers found the bodies of two miners after the blast and
sent the eight injured to hospital. One severely injured died after
treatment in hospital, while the others are still being
treated.
The coal mine, which was put into operation in 1996 with a
designed production capacity of 100,000 tons, is run by the
township government.
Local officials are investigating the cause of the accident.
(Xinhua News Agency October 23, 2007)