A rescuer prepares to work at the Sunjiawan colliery in Fuxin, city of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 15, 2005. At least 203 miners were killed, 22 injured in a coal mine gas explosion as of 5:00 a.m. of Tuesday. The gas blast occurred at 3:00 p.m. 242 meters below the ground at the Sujiawan colliery of the Fuxin coal industry group. (Xinhua Photo)

This photo taken on Feb. 15, 2005 shows the portal of the pit where explosion occurred at the Sunjiawan colliery in Fuxin, city of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 15, 2005. (Xinhua Photo)

Miners wait for news of their stranded colleagues at the Sunjiawan colliery in Fuxin, city of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 15, 2005.(Xinhua Photo)

Rescuers are seen at the Sunjiawan colliery in Fuxin, city of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 15, 2005.(Xinhua Photo)

    SHENYANG, Feb. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Six more bodies were recovered early Wednesday morning from a coal mine in Fuxin city, northeast China's Liaoning province, where a gas explosion occurred on Monday, bringing the death toll to 209, rescuers confirmed.

    A source with the headquarters in charge of rescue work said that 29 miners were injured and six others were still missing.

    One worker in charge of the ventilation system was saved Tuesday afternoon and is now in a stable condition, according to hospital sources.

    The gas blast occurred at about 3:00 p.m. Monday, about 242 meters underground in Sunjiawan colliery.

    Three hundred and thirty out of the 574 miners on duty escaped, and 244 miners were trapped beneath the shaft.

    The Sunjiawan colliery has 3,100 workers and two coal mines. The Haizhou coal mine, the one where the disaster took place, produces 1.5 million tons of coal annually. Enditem