Report: 22 die in China coal mine accident

Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST

Mar. 11,
2007

At least 22 people died and seven others were missing after a mine in
northeast China flooded, state media said Sunday.

Xinhua News Agency said the accident took place Saturday night in a
state-owned mine in Fushan, an industrial city east of the Liaoning provincial
capital of Shenyang.

Xinhua described the mine as one of the 45 most dangerous coal mines in China
and said that by late Sunday afternoon rescuers had recovered 22 bodies and were
searching for the others.

China's coal mines are the world's deadliest, with numerous fires, floods and
other disasters every year despite repeated official promises to improve safety.

The government says about 4,750 people died in coal mine accidents last year,
an average of 13 a day.

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