China Coal Mine Accident Kills 16

China Coal Mine Accident Kills 16
Rescuers race against time to pump water from a flooded coal mine where 22 miners were trapped underground on April 7, 2014 in Qujing, Yunnan Province of China. Photo by Getty Images
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SHANGHAI—Sixteen people were killed in a southwest China coal mine accident on Sunday, the official Xinhua news agency said, the latest accident in a country with a poor history of industrial safety.

China’s mines are among the deadliest in the world. Scores of Chinese miners die each year, largely in gas explosions, underground floods and collapses due to structural defects.