BEIJING, March 24, (APP/AFP/Millat): At least 19 people have been killed in
a coal mine accident in China, state media and officials said Thursday.
The accident happened on Wednesday night at a mine in the northern
province of Shanxi owned by Shanxi Datong Coal Mine Group, the official Xinhua news agency said, without giving further details.
The provincial Communist Youth League said on a verified social media
account that 129 miners had been working at the time and 110 escaped, adding
the cause was under investigation.