The Nanshan Colliery disaster is a fatal
gas explosion
A gas explosion is the Combustion, ignition of a mixture of air and flammable gas, typically from a gas leak. In household accidents, the principal explosive gases are those used for heating or cooking purposes such as natural gas, methane, propan ...
that occurred on November 13, 2006 at the
Nanshan Colliery in
Lingshi County
Lingshi County () is a county of southwest-central Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Jinzhong
Jinzhong, formerly Yuci, is a prefecture-level city in east central Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China, borde ...
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Jinzhong
Jinzhong, formerly Yuci, is a prefecture-level city in east central Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei province to the east.
As of the 2020 census, its total population was 3,379,498 inhabitants of whom 1,226,61 ...
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Shanxi Province
Shanxi; formerly romanised as Shansi is a province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi and Datong. Its one-character abbreviation is ( ...
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China
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Twenty-four people were killed. The mine was operating without any safety licence as its original had expired. While no official cause has emerged, the news agency
Xinhua
Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: ),J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English or New China News Agency, is the official State media, state news agency of the China, People's Republic ...
claims the explosion was triggered by incorrect usage of explosives.
See also
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Coal power in China
In the People's Republic of China, electricity generated from coal represents over half of all electricity generated in the country. It is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions by China.
China's installed coal-based power generation capaci ...
References
2006 mining disasters
2006 in China
Coal mining disasters in China
History of Jinzhong
November 2006 in China
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