Eighteen folks have died right after becoming trapped in a mine in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing, the official Xinhua news agency stated on Saturday, the region’s second such accident in just more than two months.
The dead had been amongst 24 folks trapped underground by excessive levels of carbon monoxide gas at the Diaoshuidong coal mine, the agency stated, adding that 1 survivor had been rescued although search efforts continue Friday’s incident, which occurred at about 5 p.m (0900 GMT) in a mine shut for additional than two months as the business dismantled underground gear, is becoming investigated, it added.
China’s mines are amongst the world’s deadliest, with 16 deaths reported in late September right after higher levels of carbon monoxide trapped miners at the Songzao coal mine in Chongqing.Diaoshuidong, constructed in 1975 and run due to the fact 1998 as a private enterprise, is a higher-gas mine with annual capacity of 120,000 tonnes of coal, Xinhua stated.
In 2013, 3 folks had been killed and two injured in a hydrogen sulphide poisoning incident at the mine, it added.