{"id":7017,"date":"2026-05-23T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=7017"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:01:00","slug":"tragedy-in-china-dozens-dead-after-coal-mine-explosion-fear-for-those-trapped-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=7017","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy in China: dozens dead after coal mine explosion &#8211; fear for those trapped (photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"605\" data-end=\"776\"> Scenes of chaos are unfolding in China, following the deadly explosion that occurred in a <strong data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"704\">carbon mine<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"718\" data-end=\"727\">Sanxi<\/strong> province, some 500 kilometers southwest of Pekin. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"874\">According to BBC, citing Chinese state media, the death toll has reached <strong data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"873\">82<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"876\" data-end=\"1107\">&#8220;Reporters learned from the scene of the gas explosion at the Tongzhou Group&#8217;s Lisengyu coal mine in Shanxi province that the accident resulted in 82 deaths,&#8221; state news agency <strong data-start=\"1096\" data-end=\"1106\">Xinhua<\/strong> reported. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1109\" data-end=\"1240\">The explosion in question was recorded at <strong data-start=\"1135\" data-end=\"1155\">19:29 local time<\/strong> on Friday night (22\/5). There were <strong data-start=\"1224\" data-end=\"1239\">247 workers<\/strong> inside the mine at the time. <\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"116jork\" data-start=\"1242\" data-end=\"1280\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"> Rescue operations are ongoing as emergency teams race against time to reach those still trapped. The cause of the accident is under investigation. (Photos via CMG)<\/p>\n<p>More: https:\/\/t.co\/vDGXGEA5cF https:\/\/t.co\/bsClcQgMyj pic.twitter.com\/Mh8LH8Bn6Q <\/p>\n<p> &#8211; CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) May 23, 2026 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> China: Rescue operations underway<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1282\" data-end=\"1407\"> Rescue crews are operating at the scene while authorities try to locate survivors and evacuate the injured. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1409\" data-end=\"1627\">Chinese President <strong data-start=\"1428\" data-end=\"1444\"> Xi Jinping<\/strong> has ordered &#8220;all means&#8221; to be mobilized, care to be offered to the injured and an &#8220;in-depth investigation into the accident&#8221; to be carried out, Chinese media reported. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1629\" data-end=\"1771\">Earlier, the <strong data-start=\"1653\" data-end=\"1665\">New China<\/strong> news agency had reported that levels of <strong data-start=\"1695\" data-end=\"1722\">carbon monoxide<\/strong> had exceeded the permissible limit inside the mine. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"6c6pi6\" data-start=\"1773\" data-end=\"1820\">Safety problems in Chinese mines<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1822\" data-end=\"1942\">The <strong data-start=\"1832\" data-end=\"1841\">Shanxi<\/strong> province is considered the centre of mining activity in China, as it has large coal deposits. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1944\" data-end=\"2113\">Despite measures taken in recent years to improve <strong data-start=\"2015\" data-end=\"2039\">workplace safety<\/strong>, accidents in Chinese mines are still frequently recorded. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2115\" data-end=\"2273\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">In many cases, according to international reports, the implementation of safety protocols is characterized as inadequate, which increases the risk of serious accidents. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n    Scenes of chaos are unfolding in China after a deadly explosion at a coal mine in Shanxi province, about 500 kilometres &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}