CHINA> Regional
Six dead in gas blast at SW China coal mine
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-06-19 20:48

GUIYANG: Six people were killed and two injured after a gas blast ripped through a colliery in southwest China's Guizhou Province Friday, according to the local work safety regulator.

Related readings:
Six dead in gas blast at SW China coal mine 15 trapped in SW China coal mine flooding
Six dead in gas blast at SW China coal mine 48 coal mine inspectors to resign
Six dead in gas blast at SW China coal mine Coal mine blast kills ten in SW China
Six dead in gas blast at SW China coal mine 12 miners confirmed dead in China coal mine flooding
Six dead in gas blast at SW China coal mine Death toll rises to 11 from China coal mine flooding
The gas explosion struck Tianwan Coal Mine at 11:20 am, when eight miners were working underground, the provincial work safety supervision administration said.

Six were pronounced dead at the scene. The injured were hospitalized.

The privately-owned colliery, in Guiding County of Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, about 100 kilometers southeast of Guiyang, the provincial capital, was undergoing technological improvement when the accident took place.

The colliery has a designed annual production capacity of 90,000 tonnes.