A coal mine owner agreed on Thursday to provide compensation amounting to 660,000 yuan (100,400 U.S. dollars) for each family of nine miners killed in a gas explosion on Wednesday in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
A gas leak happened in the Jiala Coal Mine in Huangnihe Town in Fuyuan County at 1:06 a.m. on Wednesday.
Eighty-five workers were in the pit, 74 of whom escaped. Eight were killed at the scene while one died later at a hospital.
The accident also injured two miners, who are receiving treatment in the hospital and reported to be in stable condition.
So far, the victim families has not got the compensations. And the victim families were told not to receive media interviews before the compensation was delivered, according to a local newspaper report.
In 2010, China had recorded 1403 coalmine accidents with a death toll of 2433, down 13.2 and 7.5 percent respectively than that in 2009.
Gas leak is the first killer for China's coal miners. Since 1949, 3437 miners in China lost their lives in 21 serious gas leak accidents with each disaster killing over 100.