this is going to end in tears, every week in China there's a headline similar to this one tonight, about a coalmine somewhere in China....and a large percentage of them are illegal mines and safety is an unknown word.
China mine death toll reaches 87
From correspondents in Beijing
From: AFP
November 22, 2009
THE death toll from a coal mine blast in northeast China has risen to 87, with 21 other miners still trapped, state media reports.
Rescuers have located eight of the trapped workers but it is unclear if they are alive, the China News Service reported.
The toll rose from 42 dead and 66 trapped on Saturday evening.
The blast occurred yesterday at the coal mine in Heilongjiang province, according to a statement issued by the State Administration of Work Safety.
A total of 528 miners were working in the pit, near Hegang City, when the blast occurred, the state administration said.
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