A coal mine fire has left four people dead and 10 others injured
in northeast China's Liaoning Province, local authorities said on
Monday.
The fire broke out at about 2 PM on Sunday in the shaft of
Xinglong Coal Mine located at the Taiping District of Fuxin City, a
government spokesperson said, without specifying the number of
miners who were working underground.
The injured people are now being treated at three local
hospitals and are in stable condition, the spokesperson said.
Local government has ordered the privately-owned Xinglong Coal
Mine to halt production to look into the cause of the accident.
(Xinhua News Agency June 25, 2007)