The death toll from Sunday's cave-in at a gypsum mine in north
China's Hebei
Province has risen to 27, according to the local government
yesterday.
Twenty-one miners have been hospitalized and 20 are still
trapped, according to the rescue headquarters.
The accident occurred at 7:40 PM on Sunday in Shangwang Village,
Huining Township of Xingtai City. It affected two other neighboring
gypsum mines, causing many of their residential buildings to
collapse.
State and provincial officials in charge of production safety
have gone to the site to direct the rescue work.
The city issued a notice on Monday ordering all the mines in the
city to implement safety overhauls.
(Xinhua News Agency November 8, 2005)
