31 dead, 82 trapped after China mine blast: media

An explosion at a coal mine in northeast China early Saturday killed at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua said, citing emergency services.A further 66 were trapped and first-aid workers were searching for them, according to the agency, in the latest deadly incident to hit the industry. Related article: Major accidents in China's mines since 2004. The blast happened at 2:30 am (1830 GMT Friday) at a mine in Heilongjiang province, according to a statement issued by the State Administration of Work Safety.

An explosion at a coal mine in northeast China early Saturday killed at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua said, citing emergency services.A further 66 were trapped and first-aid workers were searching for them, according to the agency, in the latest deadly incident to hit the industry.The blast happened at 2:30 am (1830 GMT Friday) at a mine in Heilongjiang province, according to a statement issued by the State Administration of Work Safety.

An explosion at a coal mine in northeast China early Saturday killed at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua said, citing emergency services.A further 66 were trapped and first-aid workers were searching for them, according to the agency, in the latest deadly incident to hit the industry.The blast happened at 2:30 am (1830 GMT Friday) at a mine in Heilongjiang province, according to a statement issued by the State Administration of Work Safety.

The death toll from a coal mine blast in northeast China rose to 87 on Sunday, with 21 miners still trapped, in the nation's deadliest mining disaster in two years, state media reported.Rescuers have located the site where eight workers remain trapped in the mine shaft, but it is unclear if they are alive, the China News Service reported.The explosion occurred at 2:30 am Saturday (1830 GMT Friday) at a mine near Hegang City in Heilongjiang province, according to a statement issued by the State Administration of Work Safety.

An explosion in a central China colliery on Monday left 46 miners trapped, state media reported, in the latest accident to hit the country's notoriously dangerous mining sector.The blast happened near Pingdingshan city in the central province of Henan, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing the State Administration of Work Safety.State television said that a store of gunpowder kept underground at the Xingdong No. 2 Mine had detonated at about 1:40 a.m. (1740 GMT) with 72 miners working at the time.

Twenty-one miners have been killed in a gas blast at a colliery in southwest China, the official Xinhua news agency reported Friday, citing rescuers.The accident occurred late Thursday at a mine in the city of Anshun in Guizhou province.Ten workers escaped to safety and all miners known to have been in the pit were accounted for, but search and rescue work was continuing in case there were other unregistered miners working at the time of the blast, Xinhua said.The cause of the explosion was under investigation.

Twenty-one miners have been killed in a gas blast at a colliery in southwest China, state Xinhua news agency reported Friday, citing rescuers.The accident occurred late Thursday at a coal mine in the city of Anshun in Guizhou province. All workers known to be in the pit were accounted for following the explosion, as 10 workers escaped to safety, Xinhua said.But search and rescue work was continuing, Xinhua said, citing the possibility that more workers could have been in the pit when the explosion occurred than the 31 on the official work register.

The death toll in an explosion at a coal mine in northeast China early Saturday rose to at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua said, citing emergency services.A further 66 were trapped and first-aid workers were searching for them, according to the agency, in the latest deadly incident to hit the industry.State-run China Central Television (CCTV) had earlier put the toll at 31 with 82 trapped underground.