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An excavator is seen at the spot of the mud-rock flow in Xiangfen County, Linfen City, north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 12, 2008. The death toll from the rain-triggered mud-rock flow, occurring on Monday in a pond holding waste ore dregs of the local Tashan Mine, rose to 178 on Friday. Some 268,000 cubic meters of sludge deluged over an area of 30.2 hectares in the disaster. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)
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Rescuers carry the body of a victim onto the ambulance at the spot of the mud-rock flow in Xiangfen County, Linfen City, north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 12, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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TAIYUAN, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a
rain-triggered mud-rock flow in north China's Shanxi Province rose to 178 as of
5 p.m. on Friday, the local rescue headquarters said.
The accident occurred around 8 a.m. on Monday in a
pond holding waste ore dregs of the Tashan Mine in Xiangfen County, Linfen City,
which was soaked by torrential rain.
In total, 268,000 cubic meters of sludge deluged over
an area of 30.2 hectares.
The State Council, China's Cabinet, set up an
accident investigation team, including officials from the State Administration
of Work Safety, Shanxi provincial government, Ministry of Supervision, Ministry
of Land and Resources, and All China Federation of Trade Unions.
Such an investigation team is set up for a "very
severe accident", those which have caused at least 30 deaths, or severe injuries
to at least 100 people, or 100 million yuan loss or above, according to State
Council regulation.
Shanxi Provincial Government Secretary-General Wang
Qingxian said about 90 percent of the area had been combed. Altogether 2,200
rescuers, using more than 110 excavators, were hunting for survivors.
An initial investigation revealed the accident's cause was "the unlicensed Tashan mine operated illegally and the stored waste iron ore dregs had surpassed the capacity of the holding pond," said the rescue headquarters.
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Li Junlian (2nd L Front) whose nine family members were dead in the accident is comforted near the spot of the mud-rock flow in Xiangfen County, Linfen City, north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 12, 2008. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
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Wang Jun, China's State Administration
of Work Safety director, addresses the establishing ceremony of the
investigation team for the Sept. 8 mud-rock flow at the Tashan Mine in
Xiangfen County, north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 11, 2008.
(Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
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The investigation team for the Sept. 8
mud-rock flow at the Tashan Mine is set up in Xiangfen County, north
China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 11, 2008. (Xinhua/Jiang
Hongjing)
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Official dismisses "hundreds missing"
claim in N China mud-rock
flow
TAIYUAN, Sept. 11
(Xinhua) -- Rescuers on Thursday had finished searching more than half the
mud-covered areas in north China after a mud-rock slide left 128 people
dead.
Shanxi Provincial Government Secretary-General Wang
Qingxian said about 60 percent of the area had been combed. Altogether
2,000-plus rescuers, with the aid of more than 110 excavators, were searching
for survivors. Full story
China's Hu and Wen urge all-out
efforts in rescue work of N China mud-rock flow
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Rescuers search for survivors in houses
hit by mud-rock flow at the Tashan Mine in Xiangfen County under Linfen
City of north China's Shanxi Province. Eight more deaths were reported
Tuesday morning in north China's Shanxi Province, bringing the death toll
from the rain-triggered mud-rock flow that caused the collapse of a
warehouse to 34, the local rescue headquarters said on Tuesday.
(Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao
have urged all-out efforts in rescue operations following Monday's
rain-triggered mud-rock flow in north China's Shanxi Province.
The accident has led to a death toll of 128 by Wednesday,
with another 35 injured. The number of people trapped underneath the rubble is
still under investigation, local rescue headquarters said. Full story
