Rescue efforts end at mine where blast killed 74

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

GUJIAO, China (AP) — Relatives of coal miners killed and injured during underground explosions expressed frustration Monday over scant information on their loved ones' fate and the causes of China's deadliest mine disaster in a year.

Rescuers pulled dozens of workers to safety following the accident, which killed 74 people, but efforts to find more survivors ended Monday at the northern China mine. Of the more than 300 rescued from the Tunlan mine, 114 remained in the hospital, five of them in critical condition, said an official with the Shanxi provincial government spokesman's office, speaking on condition of anonymity, citing policy.

The spokesman said all the miners who were working below ground at the time have been accounted for. An official at the local bureau of mines, who gave only his surname, Sun, also said none were missing and the cause of the blast remains under investigation.

Miners' relatives began arriving at the scene on Sunday and were being sent to a shabby two-story guesthouse in the hilly, bone-dry countryside about a 10-minute drive from the mine.



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For those who might be interested in finding out what a coal miner's life is like in China, I highly recommend the movie "Blind Shaft".