Event

2009 Shanxi mine blast

21 Feb 2009 · 38.00° N, 112.00° E

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When
21 Feb 2009
Kind
Event
Coordinates
38.00° N, 112.00° E

Placed at the district named in the title of the event it links, Shanxi.

2009 Shanxi mine blast

Mining incident in Shanxi, China

The Shanxi mine blast was a pre-dawn explosion that occurred in a mine in Gujiao city near Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province of China on 21 February 2009. Four hundred and thirty six were in the mine at the time of the explosion. According to the state-run Xinhua News Agency, rescue efforts concluded at 6 p.m.

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