China News Service, Taiyuan, November 26 (Wu Qiong and Yang Jieying) A reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of the Qinshui County Party Committee, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province on the 26th that on the 24th, gas poisoning occurred at the Qinshui Suzhuang site of the Asian American Coal Seam Gas Company in the county's jurisdiction. In the accident, 5 people died.

  At about 11 o'clock that day, a gas poisoning accident occurred at the Qinshui Suzhuang construction site of the Asian American Coal Seam Gas Company near Xiasuzhuang Village, Longgang Town, Qinshui County, killing 5 exploration workers resting in the tent.

  At present, the aftermath of the accident and follow-up treatment are in progress.

The police have ruled out the possibility of a criminal case. The initial investigation was due to the carbon monoxide poisoning caused by workers using generators to heat the tents.

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