![Tears well up as governor of Shanxi Province Wang Jun makes an apology to victims and their families over the gas blast at the Tunlan coal mine that left 74 people dead and 114 others injured, in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province on Feb. 24, 2009. [Jin Liangkuai/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090225/000cf1a487730b0f3c3f39.jpg "Tears well up as governor of Shanxi Province Wang Jun makes an apology to victims and their families over the gas blast at the Tunlan coal mine that left 74 people dead and 114 others injured, in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province on Feb. 24, 2009. [Jin Liangkuai/Xinhua]") |
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Tears well up as governor of Shanxi Province Wang Jun makes an apology to victims and their families over the gas blast at the Tunlan coal mine that left 74 people dead and 114 others injured, in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province on Feb. 24, 2009. [Jin Liangkuai/Xinhua]
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The team will now look at who is responsible and urged the local government to check for potential loopholes in the safety regulations to avoid fatal mine accidents in the future.
Meanwhile, more than 28 million yuan, or 4 million US dollars, in compensation has been earmarked for the injured and for the families of those who died.
(CCTV February 25, 2009)
