Gas Leak in Chinese Coal Mine Kills 18 Miners
Siddique Islam - All Headline News Foreign Correspondent Beijing, China (AHN) - Eighteen miners killed following a gas leak at a coal mine in northern China's Shanxi province, reports say on Saturday. According to reports, the accident occurred on Friday at the Dahuiyao coal mine in Ningwu county as 34 miners were working underground. The accident occurred after part of the mine collapsed, causing a fire and gas leak in the pit. China's coalmines are the world's deadliest, with more than 5,000 fatalities a year caused by gas leaks, explosions and floods. Many fatalities caused by gas leaks are blamed on a lack of required ventilation equipment to remove gas that seeps out of the coal bed. Labor rights groups, such as the Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin, say the real number of mining deaths could be as high as 20,000 each year.
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