Gas explosion at Chinese coal mine kills at least 90

Key Takeaways

• President Xi Jinping has called on authorities nationwide to learn from the incident.
• Click here to share on social media A gas explosion at a coal mine in China has killed at least 90 people.
• State media Xinhua said 247 workers had been on duty underground when the blast ripped through the Liushenyu mine in Qinyuan county, Shanxi province, on Friday.
• China’s coal mines are considered among the deadliest in the world due to poor safety standards, weak regulation, and corruption as companies seek to profit from the country’s rapidly expanding economy.
• Rescue operations were ongoing as emergency crews continued searching for survivors of the explosion, the deadliest mining disaster reported in China in more than a decade.