20 miners dead in China coal mine

Reports: 20 miners dead, 10 trapped in central China coal mine explosion - USATODAY.com

BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers recovered more bodies Sunday from a central China coal mine, bringing the death toll to 20, as thick smoke hampered efforts to reach 10 others trapped inside the mine, state media reported.

An explosion Saturday afternoon at the Pudeng coal mine trapped 30 miners underground, while 95 managed to escape, the Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television reported. As of Sunday afternoon, rescuers had pulled 20 bodies from the mine and were battling smoke from still-burning fires in an effort to reach the remaining 10, Xinhua said.  (USAToday.com)