The victims of the explosion at a coal mine in China’s steel 33
BEIJING, 2 Nov — RIA Novosti, Zhanna Manukyan. The victims of the explosion at a coal mine in southwest China’s steel 33 miners, search and rescue operations terminated, informs television channel CCTV.
Earlier it was reported about 15 people killed.
The incident occurred Monday morning 11:30 local time at a private coal mine in the city Lays in the municipality of Chongqing. At the moment of explosion underground there were 35 people, two managed to escape.
“Search and rescue operations terminated at a coal mine in Chongqing, where the explosion occurred. The bodies of all 33 miners lifted out of the mine”, — is spoken in the message published on the page of the channel in Twitter.
Search and rescue work ends following gas explosion at Chongqing mine, with the bodies of all 33 miners recovered pic.twitter.com/CquwewuVcG
— CCTVNEWS (@cctvnews) 2 Nov 2016