Dozens killed in China mine blasts

An electrical fire inside a coal shaft in northern China left 28 miners dead, a government official said today.

Sun, 18 Jul, 2010 - 11:33

An electrical fire inside a coal shaft in northern China left 28 miners dead, a government official said today.

An official with the State Administration of Work Safety said the accident, triggered when an electrical cable caught fire, happened yesterday evening at the privately owned Xiaonangou coal mine in Sangshuping town in Shaanxi Province.

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Courts Heathrow Place: China Place: northern China Place: Xiaonangou coal mine Place: Sangshuping Place: Shaanxi province Place: central Henan province Organisation: State Administration of Work Safety Organisation: Xinhua News Agency Organisation: Xinhua Organisation: Zhengzhou Coal Industry Group

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