203 Killed in Chinese Mine Explosion

World | February 15, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00

At least 203 miners have been killed after a gas blast at a coal mine in China, state news agency Xinhua said. The accident, in China's north-eastern city of Fuxin, is the most deadly reported mining disaster since the communist party took power in 1949. It left a further 22 people injured, one seriously, and 13 trapped.

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