A sudden poisonous gas gush in a coal mine in northeast China's
Liaoning
Province killed 15 miners Saturday afternoon.??
An unidentified gas gushed out suddenly at an operation platform
of the Xilutian Mine of Fushun Coal Industry Corp. in Fushun City
at 2:55 PM Saturday when 50 miners were working underground 400
meters to the mine entrance, said Li Sen, an executive with the
company.
Li said 15 miners died instantly and other 35 managed to come to
the ground safely.
The coal mine has 5,700 workers.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
(Xinhua News Agency October 31, 2004)