A coal gas asphyxiation incident occurred at Thien An coal mine No. 12, Binh Dinh Son city, Henan province, China, leaving 10 people dead and 6 people missing.
An announcement from the Binh Dinh Son government, Ha Nam province, said that the accident occurred on January 12 at Thien An coal mine No. 12. During the shift, there were 425 people in the coal mining well, until 10:00 p.m. 380 people were brought out of the well.
According to Xinhua News Agency, as of 3:00 p.m. yesterday (January 13), 10 people were confirmed dead, 6 people were missing, those who were taken out of the well were in critical condition and rescue operations are still ongoing. be urgently implemented.
After the accident occurred, the person in charge of the coal mine was placed under police arrest according to the provisions of the Law. Key leaders of Ha Nam province immediately went to the scene to direct and carry out rescue work.
Since November 2023, major accidents related to coal mines have continuously occurred in China. A fire occurred in the adjacent building of a coal mine in Lu Luong city, Shanxi province in November 2023, killing 26 people. Also in the same month, an accident at Songyang coal mine, Heilongjiang province also killed 11 people.
