An explosion at a coalmine in northern China has killed at least 27 miners with rescuers still working to free another seven people who are trapped.
A number of other miners either escaped or were rescued after the explosion on Friday morning in Shanxi Province.
China's coalmines are the deadliest in the world, with
an average of 10 miners killed every day last year.
Elsewhere in Shanxi, a landslide buried a brick factory, killing 19 workers, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
More than 300 people and 20 bulldozers are being used in the rescue effort at the site, a mountain near Shang'an village, officials said.
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more:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7453308.stmWell, at least thank goodness coal isn't
radioactive . That would be a
real disaster.
Oh, wait ...
http://atomicinsights.blogspot.com/2007/10/uranium-produced-from-coal-ash.htmlnever mind.