Bejing:Two separate disasters raise further grave questions over country\u2019s industrial safety record
\nAt least 38 people have died in two separate coal mine disasters in China in the last five days, state media said, the latest accidents in a country with a poor record of industrial safety.
\nIn the first incident, authorities confirmed on Friday night that 21 people died after a coal mine blast in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, the official Xinhua news agency said.
\nIt happened at a private coal mine in Qitaihe city late on Tuesday, trapping 22 workers underground, it said. Rescue work continues in an attempt to reach the one person left trapped. Four people have been arrested in connection with the disaster.
\nOn Saturday, 17 people died in a coal mine explosion in northern China\u2019s Inner Mongolia region, China\u2019s official Xinhua News Agency reported.
\nFour miners were rescued after the blast, which occurred as 31 people were working underground, said the Chifeng city government in China\u2019s Inner Mongolia region.
\nRescuers were searching for the 10 remaining miners trapped by the explosion at a coal mine run by the Baoma Mining Co Ltd, Xinhua said.
\nCoal accounts for almost two-thirds of China\u2019s energy consumption, but its mines are among the world\u2019s deadliest, due to lax enforcement of safety standards.
\nChina has ordered all of the country\u2019s coal mines to conduct a safety overhaul in the past month, the deputy director of the country\u2019s work safety watchdog said on Friday.
\nA flurry of accidents has alarmed regulators over the few weeks as China ramps up coal production to meet winter demand. Thirty-three people died in a gas explosion at a coal mine in the southwestern city of Chongqing in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bejing:Two separate disasters raise further grave questions over country\u2019s industrial safety record At least 38 people have died in two separate coal mine disasters in China in the last five days, state media said, the latest accidents in a country with a poor record of industrial safety. In the first incident, authorities confirmed on Friday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n