A truck sporting explosives blew up close to the doorway of an iron-ore mine in northeast China on Tuesday, killing 11 people, injuring nine and leaving every other 25 trapped underground, country media stated.
a number of the sufferers caught within the mine run by way of China national Coal institution Co in Liaoning province were capable of contact rescuers, in step with nation broadcaster CCTV.
The local authorities of Benxi, in which the blast befell, has dispatched a rescue team, CCTV added.
The people were drilling a mining shaft whilst the truck exploded just after 4:00pm close to the doorway to the mine, the broadcaster said. The injured were rushed to sanatorium.