What the records say
- When
- 2010
- Kind
- Mining accident
- Coordinates
- 38.00° N, 112.00° E
- Description
- 2010 mining incident in Shanxi, China
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the district its description names, Shanxi.
Wangjialing coal mine flood
2010 mining incident in Shanxi, China
The Wangjialing coal mine flood was an incident that began on Sunday, March 28, 2010, when underground water flooded parts of the Wangjialing coal mine in the Shanxi province of People's Republic of China. A total of 261 people were in the mine when workers first broke through an abandoned shaft that was filled with water.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2010 Wangjialing coal mine flood: At least 152 coal miners are trapped after a pit floods in Shanxi, while 109 others escape”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2010年王家嶺礦難”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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