2 killed in China coal mine explosion

PTI Updated - November 25, 2017 at 11:24 AM.

Two people were killed and four others injured in an explosion at a coal mine in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province.

The blast took place at around 2 p.m. yesterday at Xintie mine in Qitaihe City when 80 miners were working underground, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Two people were confirmed dead, four have been injured while others were evacuated safely. The injured are being treated in hospital, it added.

Published on May 10, 2014 04:56