Six miners died and eight others are missing following a gas
explosion Saturday morning in a Chinese coal mine in northwestern
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities have said.
The accident happened at about 2:35 a.m. at the coal mine
located at Dianchanggou Township, Miquan City, Hui Autonomous
Prefecture of Changji, said Huang Guoqiang, deputy director of the
Coal Mine Safety Division of the Work Safety Administration under
the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
(Xinhua News Agency October 28, 2006)