Twenty-one dead in China coal mine gas blast

Beijing, May 14: Twenty-one miners have been killed in a gas blast at a colliery in southwest China, state Xinhua news agency reported Friday, citing rescuers.

The accident occurred late Thursday at a coal mine in the city of Anshun in Guizhou province. All workers were accounted for following the explosion, as 10 workers escaped to safety, rescuers said.

–Agencies