Do Miners families want answers in China mine blast as survivors recount mint?
Miners’ families want answers in China mine blast By CARA ANNA Associated Press Writer Grieving miners’ families demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China. The massive blast Saturday in Hegang city in frigid Heilongjiang (pronounced HAY-long-jeeahng) province erupted at night when some 500 miners were working below ground. Most escaped, but 104 were confirmed dead and an additional four were missing and feared dead, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday. The search for the missing men continued, it said. The explosion at the Xinxing coal mine, which belongs to the state-owned Heilongjiang Longmei Mining Holding Group, was the deadliest in China’s mining industry in two years, and has highlighted how heavy demand for power-generating coal comes at a high human cost. At the gates of the mining company’s offices, family members and friends confronted mining officials with questions unti
By CARA ANNA, Associated Press Writer Cara Anna, Associated Press Writer – Mon Nov 23, 12:20 am ET HEGANG, China – Grieving miners’ families demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China. The massive blast Saturday in Hegang city in frigid Heilongjiang province erupted at night when some 500 miners were working below ground. Most escaped, but 104 were confirmed dead and an additional four were missing and feared dead, the official Xinhua news agency reported Monday. The explosion at the Xinxing coal mine, which belongs to the state-owned Heilongjiang Longmei Mining Holding Group, was the deadliest in China’s mining industry in two years, and has highlighted how heavy demand for power-generating coal comes at a high human cost. At the gates of the mining company’s offices, family members and friends confronted mining officials with questions until some of them were escorted into an office by police
