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        "msgid": "death-toll-jumps-to-90-in-china-coal-mine-blast-1779531577",
        "date": "2026-05-23 05:29:00",
        "title": "Death toll jumps to 90 in China coal mine blast",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNA",
        "tags": "East Asia ,Asia",
        "topic": "Mining",
        "summary": "The death toll from a gas explosion at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi has climbed to 90, with 247 workers underground and 9 still missing as rescuers bring dozens to the surface. State media say 156 have been rescued and a large contingent of medical staff and police deployed. President Xi Jinping ordered no effort spared in treatment and rescue and a thorough investigation, with mine executives detained; the disaster marks one of the worst in China in over a decade, despite overall declines in fatalities due to stricter safety rules.",
        "content": "<p>Death toll jumps to 90 in China coal mine blast<\/p>\n<p>Over 240 miners were underground at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi\nProvince when the accident occurred on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>BEIJING: The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in\nnorthern China\u2019s Shanxi province has jumped to 90, state media reported\non Saturday (May 23), in the country\u2019s deadliest coal mine disaster in\nover a decade.<\/p>\n<p>The blast occurred at 7.29pm on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in\nShanxi province.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 247 workers were underground at the time, most of whom\nwere brought to the surface by Saturday morning, Xinhua said.<\/p>\n<p>Nine people remain missing.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping called on authorities to \u201cspare no\neffort\u201d in treating the injured and conducting search and rescue\noperations, while ordering a thorough investigation into the cause of\nthe accident.<\/p>\n<p>Premier Li Qiang echoed the instructions, calling for timely and\naccurate release of information and rigorous accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Executives of the company responsible for the mine have been\ndetained, Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n<p>Footage published by state broadcaster CCTV showed helmeted rescuers\ncarrying stretchers at the site, with ambulances visible in the\nbackground.<\/p>\n<p>According to People\u2019s Daily, 156 people have been rescued. A total of\n870 medical staff members, rescuers and police officers have been\ndeployed.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll was a sharp rise from the eight fatalities reported on\nSaturday morning. Xinhua said in an earlier report that dozens were\ntrapped underground after levels of carbon monoxide were found to have\n\u201cexceeded limits\u201d. Some of those trapped underground were in \u201ccritical\ncondition\u201d, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>China has significantly reduced coal mine fatalities - often caused\nby gas explosions or flooding - since the early 2000s through more\nstringent regulations and safer practices. The Liushenyu incident,\nthough, was one of the deadliest reported in China in the past\ndecade.<\/p>\n<p>According to official data from the National Mine Safety\nAdministration (NMSA), over 3,000 mine accidents occurred in China\nbetween 2010 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Just last month, four people were found dead after a roof collapsed\nat a coal mine in Xingxian county, Shanxi. In 2023, a collapse at an\nopen-pit coal mine in the northern Inner Mongolia region killed 53\npeople.<\/p>\n<p>Shanxi, one of China\u2019s poorer provinces, is the country\u2019s coal-mining\ncapital.<\/p>\n<p>China is the world\u2019s top consumer of coal and the largest greenhouse\ngas emitter, despite installing renewable energy capacity at record\nspeed.<\/p>",
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