Gas Blast Kills 15 Coal Miners
From Times Wire Reports
A burst of poisonous gas in a coal mine in northeastern China instantly killed 15 miners, the government said.
The rush of gas at the Xilutian Mine in Fushun, a city in Liaoning province, occurred when 50 miners were working underground, the official New China News Agency reported.
The rest escaped, a mine official was quoted as saying.