CHANGSHA - A coal mine gas explosion killed two people, injured one and trapped another two in central China's Hunan Province Sunday, local authorities said.

While the country admitted the number of deaths increased from major coal mine accidents, state figures conflict with independent media and research reports.

The Centre is feeling the need to amend the rules on chemical accidents in the wake of incidents in the “recent past”.

SHENYANG - Two people have been confirmed dead and 11 remain missing three days after a fire broke out underground at an illegal mine in northeast China's Liaoning Province.

ZHENGZHOU - The death toll in an industrial safety accident at an aluminum plant in Central China's Henan province has risen to 11, as rescue work ended on Thursday.

The blast in a chemical factory in Dombivli's MIDC area on May 26 has united the residents of this city.

A powerful blast in a chemical factory located near a residential area in a Mumbai suburb killed five people and left 92 injured on Thursday, police officials said.

TEGUCIGALPA – Firefighters and national emergency management office personnel continue working on Wednesday to rescue three men trapped in an artisanal mine in southern Honduras, officials said Wed

BEIJING - Six people have been killed and one injured in a gold mine accident in northern suburbs of Beijing, local authorities said Sunday.