Gas explosion kills one, leaves 4 others missing
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-04-04 15:37

One worker was killed and four others were missing in a gas blast taking place at a well of a coal dressing company in Tonghua City, northeast China's Jilin Province, said local sources on Sunday.

Information from the provincial government confirmed the accident.

According to the information, the gas blast happened around 8: 50 p.m. on Saturday when seven workers with the No. 1 Well of Shuanglong Coal Dressing Co. Ltd. in Erdaojiang District of Donghua City was on duty.

By now, only two of the workers have escaped the accident and four other workers remain missing.

Rescue operations for the accident are still going on.

Cause of the accident is under investigations.

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