Nine workers who were “trapped underground have been found, and none of them have any vital signs.<\/p>\n
At least 11 people were killed in a coal mine explosion in the historic northern Chinese province of Shaanxi, according to Chinese media on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The explosion ripped through the Xintai Coal Mine near Yanan at 8:26pm (12:26 GMT), according to CCTV, citing the municipal emergency management bureau.<\/p>\n
Nine workers who were “trapped underground have been found, and none of them have any vital signs,” according to CCTV, and two people “died after resuscitation efforts failed.”<\/p>\n
At the time of the explosion, 90 people were inside the mine at the mine on Monday evening.<\/p>\n
The CCTV further said that 11 people were “lightly injured” and had been taken to hospital for treatment, adding that “their vital signs are stable”.<\/p>\n
“The cause of the accident is currently under investigation,” CCTV added.<\/p>\n
The explosion was confirmed by the provincial Department of Emergency Management on social media, Al-Jazeera reported.<\/p>\n
China, as the world’s largest coal producer and consumer, has experienced its deadliest accident since the February collapse of an open-pit mine in Inner Mongolia.<\/p>\n