54 killed, 22 missing in coal mine blast in N. China
Miners wait for information form their peers in Liuguantun Colliery in Kaiping District of Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 7, 2005. One hundred and eighty-six miners were working underground when the coal mine blast occurred at 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 7. Rescuers have salvaged 110 miners from the exploded mine. Fifty-four workers were died and 22 were still missing.
Rescue workers prepare to work at the accident site in Liuguantun Colliery in Kaiping District of Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 7, 2005.
Rescue workers salvage a miner from the exploded Liuguantun Colliery in Kaiping District of Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 7, 2005.
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