China News Service, Chongqing, December 5 (Reporter Liu Xianglin) The reporter learned from the emergency rescue headquarters of the Diaoshuidong Coal Mine Safety Accident in Yongchuan District, Chongqing on the 5th that at 17:00 on December 4, the Yongchuan District of Chongqing City was closed for more than two months. Diaoshuidong coal mine, because the company dismantled underground equipment by itself, an accident of carbon monoxide exceeding the limit occurred, 24 people were trapped underground.
After the accident, the main leaders of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government rushed to the scene as soon as possible to organize the municipal and district public security, emergency, fire and other departments to carry out rescue work for trapped persons.
Cause of the accident is under further investigation.
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