China’s central government on Wednesday blamed managers of a north-eastern mine for a huge explosion that killed at least 150 people, saying obvious signs of danger emerged days before the blast. As rescue efforts wound down, the government’s work-safety watchdog turned its focus to the cause of the blast.
The death toll from an explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China rose to at least 146 on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency said. Three miners were still listed as missing, nearly two days after the Sunday night cave-in at the state-run Dongfeng coal mine, near Qitaihe city in Heilongjiang province.
An explosion at a coal mine in remote north-eastern China killed 134 workers and left another 15 trapped underground, China News Service said on Monday, amid frantic rescue efforts to find survivors. A total of 221 miners were underground when the cave-in occurred.
