134 confirmed dead in Heilongjiang coal mine blast
A trapped miner of Dongfeng Coal Mine is carried out by his fellow workers in Qitaihe City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province Nov. 28, 2005. Altogether 221 miners were working underground when a blast went off in Dongfeng Coal Mine run by the Qitaihe branch of the Longmei Mining (Group) Co., Ltd. at 9:40 p.m. Sunday at Dongfeng Coal Mine. A 269-member rescue team has rescued 72 miners after the blast. By 8 p.m. Monday, the death toll rose to 134, and 15 were missing.
A trapped miner is carried out by his fellow workers at Dongfeng Coal Mine in Qitaihe City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province Nov. 28, 2005.
A photo taken on Nov. 28 shows some relief goods at Dongfeng Coal Mine run by the Qitaihe branch of the Longmei Mining (Group) Co., Ltd. in Qitaihe City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
The photo taken on Nov. 28 shows a destroyed part of Dongfeng Coal Mine run by the Qitaihe branch of the Longmei Mining (Group) Co., Ltd. in Qitaihe City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
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