China Coal Mine Collapse: 47 Missing and Dead
Thursday, June 22, 2023 | 08:09:51
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Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is one of China's largest coal-producing regions. Mining accidents are quite common in the country.
The scene of the coal mine collapse in Ming Alashan town, northern Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
On June 21, authorities in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, northern China, officially announced the end of the search and rescue operation for 47 people missing in the mine collapse in Ming Alashan town in mid-February and confirmed that all of them were dead.
Thus, the total number of victims killed in this mining disaster is 53 people.
According to China's state broadcaster CCTV, the incident occurred at around 1 p.m. on February 22 at an open-pit mine managed by Xinjing Coal Company, killing six people and leaving 47 missing.
Nearly 1,000 people and many vehicles and machines were mobilized to participate in the search and rescue campaign.
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is one of China's largest coal-producing regions. Mining accidents have occurred in the country in the past.
Most recently, in December 2022, an underground gold mine in Xinjiang, northwest of the country, collapsed while about 40 workers were working.
In 2021, a coal mine in Shanxi province was flooded, killing two miners and rescuing 20 others./.
According to vietnamplus.vn
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