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BEIJING (AP) \u2014 A gas explosion at a coal mine in China\u2019s northern Shanxi province killed at least 90 people, state media said on Saturday, in the country\u2019s deadliest mining accident in recent years.<\/p>\n

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Official news agency Xinhua said the accident at Changzhi city\u2019s Liushenyu coal mine happened on Friday evening. Around 247 workers were on duty at the time.<\/p>\n

Nine miners were still unaccounted for as of Saturday afternoon, Xinhua said, and more than 120 people were hospitalized.<\/p>\n

The cause of the explosion was under investigation, Xinhua reported, and rescue work is pressing on with hundreds of rescuers and medical personnel sent to the site. Among the injured, many were hurt by toxic gas, according to state media CCTV.<\/p>\n

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for an all-out effort to rescue the missing, reported Xinhua.<\/p>\n

Xi also called for the \u201cproper handling of the aftermath of the accident and urged a thorough investigation into its cause, with accountability pursued in accordance with the law,\u201d the news agency said.<\/p>\n

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Xinhua later reported that the \u201cpersons responsible for the company involved in the mine accident have been placed under control,\u201d citing the local emergency management bureau.<\/p>\n

The coal mine, operated by the Shanxi Tongzhou Coal & Coke Group with an annual production capacity of 1.2 million tons, was placed on a national list of disaster-prone coal mines by China\u2019s National Mine Safety Administration in 2024 for having \u201chigh gas content.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shanxi province is known as China\u2019s main coal mining province<\/span>. With a size larger than Greece and a population of around 34 million, the province\u2019s hundreds of thousands of miners dug 1.3 billion tons of coal last year, or almost a third of China\u2019s total.<\/p>\n

In February 2023, 53 people were killed after a collapse<\/span> at an open-pit mine in northern China\u2019s Inner Mongolia region. In November 2009, an explosion at a mine in northeastern China\u2019s Heilongjiang province killed 108, according to state media. <\/p>\n

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