Death Toll Rises to 33, Nine Still Missing in N. China Coal Mine Blast

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, August 12, 2003

Death Toll Rises to 33, Nine Still Missing in N. China Coal Mine Blast

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Five more bodies have been recovered from a coal mine in Datong City, north China's Shanxi Province, where a gas explosion occurred early Monday morning, bringing the death toll to 33, rescuers said Tuesday.

Nine were still missing by press time.

The blast occurred at around 6:40 a.m. Monday, when a total of 43 miners were working in the Xing'ergou coal mine. Rescue work immediately started and one miner survived.

Rescue workers were continuing their efforts to find the missing miners and investigation into the cause of the explosion was under way, officials said.

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