A mining accident in Henan has killed twenty and trapped thirty miners, AP reports:
The China blast comes shortly after the world was riveted by the Chile’s dramatic rescue of 33 trapped miners after they spent more than two months underground.
China Central Television said the blast happened Saturday morning in Henan province. An official surnamed Wu with the province’s coal mine safety bureau confirmed accident but had no details.
The state-run Xinhua News Agency cited mine officials in Yuzhou city as saying Saturday’s 6 a.m. blast happened in a pit owned by Pingyu Coal & Electric Co. Ltd.
A man answering phones at the mine said he had not heard anything an accident.
