Deaths 'concealed' in coal mine
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According to a regulation by the State Administration of Work Safety, accidents that cause 15 to 30 deaths and accidents that cause more than 30 deaths will lead to different penalties.
So far, 42 deaths have been reported in the two blasts. There are still 11 people missing from the second blast on April 2, and their chances of survival are slim, according to authorities.
Meanwhile, authorities are still trying to extinguish the coal fire inside the mine, which started after the second blast.
The 15 injured miners and rescue workers in the two blasts are in now in stable condition, the provincial government said.
Babao Coal Mine, owned by the Tonghua Coal Mining Group, is a State-owned mine with annual production of 1.8 million metric tons.
The two gas blasts are the sixth and seventh coal mine accidents to cause at least 10 deaths this year, according to the State Administration of Work Safety.
In Southwest China's Guizhou province, rescuers on Sunday were still trying to reach three miners who were trapped in a coal mine flood, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The coal mine in Weng'an county was hit by flood on Friday when nine miners were trapped underground and 32 others managed to escape.
Three miners have been confirmed dead in the flooding and another three miners remain missing.
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