Scores dead after blast at Chinese coal mine
Otago Daily Times Online News [Unofficial]
May 23, 2026
Rescuers work at the site following the explosion at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, Shanxi province. Photo: cnsphoto via REUTERS
At least 90 people have been killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in China's northern province of Shanxi, the country's deadliest mining accident since at least 2009.
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