A colliery gas blast killed 13 people in southwestern Chongqing
Municipality, said local sources Friday.
The tragedy occurred at 5:15?AM Friday at the Gaoqiao coal
mine in Nanchuan district. No further detailed information is
available at present, including the number of miners working in the
shaft and if there were any injured people.
A task force headed by vice mayor Zhou Mubing is rushing to the
scene, and the cause of the accident is under investigation.
(Xinhua News Agency January 18, 2008)
