4 dead, 9 missing in coal mine gas outburst

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4 dead, 9 missing in coal mine gas outburst

(Xinhua) 14:34, March 22, 2014

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Li Yongsheng (1st L), assistant chief engineer of China Pingmei Shenma Group, introduces the rescue information of a colliery in which an outburst claimed four miners' lives at a press conference in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, March 22, 2014. The outburst happened at 10:37 a.m. on March 21 in a 533-deep tunnel in Ruzhou City of Henan Province, where 250 miners were working underground. As of 7:25 a.m. on March 22, dangerous methane gas had been discharged from the coal mine and rescuers are searching for the other nine missing miners, according to Li. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

ZHENGZHOU, March 21 -- Four miners died, while nine others remain missing in a colliery gas outburst on Friday in central China's Henan Province, local authorities said.

The outburst happened at 10:37 a.m. in a 533-deep tunnel in Ruzhou City, where 250 miners were working underground, according to Li Yongsheng, assistant chief engineer of China Pingmei Shenma Group, shareholder of the coal mine.

Four miners were confirmed to have died as of 8:15 p.m., and rescuers are searching for the other nine, Li said.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

（Editor：HuangJin、Yao Chun）