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14 Nov 2003 14:49:08
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SHANGHAI, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Forty-eight miners were killed
in a gas explosion at a coal mine in China's eastern province of
Jiangxi, state media said on Friday, in the latest in a string of
mine accidents that have taken thousands of lives this year.
The bodies have been retrieved after the blast at a mine in
the city of Fengcheng in Jiangxi late in the morning, news agency
Xinhua said. Two workers were also injured, and operations at the
mines have been suspended.
The cause of the accident at the state-owned Jianxin Coal
Mine, which has a capacity of 600,000 tonnes a year, is being
investigated, Xinhua said, adding that senior officials were on
their way to the site.
Among these are a member of China's
cabinet, the State Council, along with the provincial governor and the provincial head
of the Communist Party.
A local mining bureau official in Fengcheng confirmed the
explosion to Reuters, but could not provide further details.
A new work safety law and greater efforts to patrol unsafe
work sites have failed to stem the number of deaths in Chinese mine
accidents so far this year.
Coal mine accidents killed 4,620 miners in the first nine
months of this year.
Viele Tote nach
Grubenunglück in China Stand:
14.11.2003 14:07 Uhr
Bei einer Gasexplosion in einer chinesischen Kohlegrube
sind 48 Bergarbeiter ums Leben gekommen. Nach Angaben der
amtlichen chinesischen Nachrichtenagentur Xinhua ereignete
sich das Unglück in der Jianxin-Grube in der östlichen Provinz
Jiangxi. Die Leichen der Kumpel seien bereits geborgen
worden.
Über die Ursache der Explosion ist noch nichts bekannt.
Bergwerksunglücke sind in China nicht selten. Oft sind
mangelnde Sicherheitsvorkehrungen die Ursache. Allein in den
ersten neun Monaten dieses Jahres sollen Medienberichten
zufolge mehr als 4600 Bergleute bei Grubenunglücken ums Leben
gekommen.
Quelle:
Tagesschau |