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Death Toll of Coal Mine Blast Rises to 10 in NW China

The death toll of a coal mine blast on Thursday rose to ten Friday morning in Usu, a city in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local government said.

Rescuers are still searching for the six miners still trapped underground.

The accident occurred at about 6:10 PM Thursday at Dianzhangou Zhongxing Coal Mine, about 50 kilometers to the south of the Usu proper. The coal mine, a private business, produces 10,000 tons of coal annually.

(Xinhua News Agency October 28, 2005)

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