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Investigations into mine blast begin
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-03-21 13:50
An investigation team has been set up to look into a coalmine
explosion in north China's Shanxi Province which has killed sixty miners so far.
Li Yizhong, director of the General Administration of Work Safety, was appointed
head of the team.
Relatives of a victim in a coal
mine blast in Shuozhou, North China's Shanxi Province weep March 19, 2005.
The explosion left 59 miners dead and 10 others trapped.
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The powerful explosion ripped through the Xishui Colliery at noon on
Saturday. The colliery is located near Shuozhou city, a major coal-mining area
of Shanxi province. The blast caused a wall to collapse in the neighboring
Kangjiayao coal mine. Eight rescue teams are searching for nine miners who
remain missing. Chinese President Hu Jintao, and Premier Wen Jiabao, have asked
local governments to do their best to save the trapped miners.
The leaders also reminded rescuers to pay attention to their own safety. The
victims' identities have all been confirmed. Officials in charge of compensation
and funeral arrangements say each family will receive at least 200,000 yuan, or
about 24,300 US dollars in compensation.
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