China’s mining industry suffered the highest death toll in several months — an explosion in the Tunlan Coal Mine in China’s Shanxi Province early Sunday, February 22, killed 74 and injured 114.
The coal mine belongs to a major mining company in China, the Shanxi Xishan Coal and Electricity Power Co., Ltd.
A gas explosion suddenly took place at approximately 2:23 a.m. on Sunday, when 436 miners were working underground.
According to the news release by the State Administration of Work Safety, more than 300 miners were able to flee the blaze, yet many still died due to carbon monoxide poisoning or burn injuries, and more than 100 injured were hospitalized with five in critical condition.
Unlike other small illegal mining companies in China that are constantly plagued by mining disasters, Shanxi Xishan Coal and Electricity Power Co., Ltd. is a big name in China with an annual coal yield of five million tons and zero fatalities since 2004. This stunned China’s high level officials.
Thus far, 68 hyperbaric chambers in Taiyuan City have been put in operation for treating the victims, four medical teams, and 40-plus ambulances have rushed or are on the way to the disaster area.
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