On Friday Morning a coal mine in China exploded, leaving 31 people dead. 6 Miners are still trapped under the ground, and the chances of survival don’t appear to be very good.

In Chile, the mine accident was resolved, as the rescue attempt was well planned. The Chilean miners were all rescued, and the plan went better than most people expected. The event was shown in China on TV and in the news. However, when the mine exploded in China on Friday, there was very little information given to the public. More news was shown about the Chilean mine rescue than their own disaster.

The explosion took place in a city called Yuzhou, which is located in the central province of Henan. Miners were working to release pressure from a buildup of gas. When it exploded, close to 3,000 tons of coal dust was unleashed. There were reportedly 276 total miners working in the mine. 239 fortunate ones made it out alive.
An engineer named Liu Wenbin, working for Pingyu Coal & Electric Co. Ltd, the company that owns the mine, said, “At around 6 a.m., I felt there was something wrong with the airflow in the shaft, and one of the team captains told me he also felt it and had already reported the problem.”

China is known as a country with the most dangerous mines in the world.