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recent coal mine accident occurred in China, killing 2 people and trapping 20 people.
In China, more than 200 people died in a coal mine accident last year, and a deep-seated safety insensitivity is blamed for the cause.
This is Beijing Songwook's correspondent.
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Rescue workers hurriedly move the drain pipe into the tunnel, while others continue to pump water.
In the afternoon of the 10th, a flood accident occurred in a coal mine in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China.
Eight people were rescued, but 21 were trapped 1,200 meters below ground.
[Sun Zizhou/Xinjiang Changji Autonomous Region Vice-Chief: There is compressed air in this area.
Rescue of the people here is important, and I think there will be hope.] In
China, such large and small mine accidents are continuing.
In December last year, 23 people died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the Chongqing coal mine, and 123 coal mine accidents in the past year killed 228 people.
Most of them are safety accidents due to lack of safety awareness and old facilities.
The Chinese government is stepping up coal mine safety rules and penalties for misconduct, but the accident continues.
The explosion of a gold mine in Shandong Province, in which 11 people died or disappeared in January, was also revealed to be due to safety insensitivity.
[China State CCTV Report: Looking at the main cause of the accident, companies stored and used explosives in violation of regulations, and they worked with firearms at the entrance of the tunnel.]
There are still many small, old mines, illegal mining and poor government The supervisor is also pointed out as a constant cause of accidents.