HEGANG, Heilongjiang, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Death toll from the deadly coal mine blast in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has risen to 92, said local authorities Sunday night.

Rescuers get ready to go down into the pit to search for survivors at the site of the accident at the Xinxing Coal Mine in Hegang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Nov. 22, 2009. The underground ventilation system has been restored and 90% of the underground working face has been searched. A total of 87 bodies of miners were found as of 12 a.m. Sunday, and another 21 are still trapped in the shaft, said local authorities. (Xinhua/Wang Song) Photo Gallery>>>

    Another 16 are still trapped in the shaft.

    The blast happened at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday at the Xinxing Coal Mine under the state-owned Heilongjiang Longmei Mining Holding Group's subsidiary in Hegang City. A total of 528 miners were working underground when the blast happened.

Death toll from NE China coalmine blast rises to 87

    HEGANG, Heilongjiang, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Struggling hard to hold back her tears, Zhang Xueyan looked at her watch every several minutes.

    "I could give up anything, if only he could be back safe and sound," said Zhang, wife of a miner missing in the fatal blast at the Xinxing Coal Mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Eighty-seven miners have died and 21 others were missing after the blast. Full story

Deadly explosion kills 42 in NE China colliery

    HARBIN, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- A gas explosion in a coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has killed 42 miners and left further 66 trapped, said Zhang Jinguang, a spokesman with the rescue headquarters.

    A total of 528 miners were working underground at the time of the blast at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. Among them, 415 have escaped the accident. Full story

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