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Eleven people died in an accident at a coal mine in China’s northeastern Heilongjiang province on Tuesday, state media outlet CCTV said.
中国一直致力于提高矿山安全水平，打击多发事故。 8月，中国北部陕西省的另一场煤矿爆炸也造成11人死亡。 9月，中国南部贵州省发生煤矿火灾，造成16人死亡。就在几周前，中国北方一家煤矿公司大楼发生重大火灾，造成 26 人死亡、数十人受伤，但火灾并非发生在矿井本身。
The accident occurred at 3 p.m. (0700 GMT) at the Shuangyang coal mine of Heilongjiang Longmei Shuangyashan Mining Co, and is initially believed to have been caused by a rock burst, the report said.
The cause of the accident is under further investigation, CCTV added. Rock bursts happen when pent up energy stored in rock causes it to violently fracture.
China has been working on improving mine safety to combat accidents that happen with some frequency. In August, another coal mine explosion also killed 11 people in northern China’s Shaanxi province. A coal mine fire in southern China’s Guizhou province killed 16 people in September.
Just a few weeks ago, a major fire at a coal mining company building in northern China killed 26 and injured dozens, though the blaze was not in the mine itself.
