(Beijing Comprehensive News) A large area collapse in an open -air coal mine in Inner Mongolia. As of the afternoon of Thursday (February 23), the accident had killed five people, six were injured, and 48 people were still losing contact.The rescue headquarters said the police had been involved in the investigation and the relevant personnel had been controlled.
I found that the stone residue dropped or not have time to evacuate
Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency, CCTV News, and Reuters reported that the open -air coal mines in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Ara Sanshan League Alashan League, Ara Sanshan Zuoqi Banner, a large area collapse on Wednesday (February 22).
Ma Jianping, a lucky rescued injured, recalled that when he was at the time, he just went to work and found that stone slag dropped down from the mountain.He said: "Seeing this situation is getting worse, we organized evacuation, but it could not be withdrawn, and the mountains collapsed." Ma Jianping is one of the six rescued wounded. It is currently being the people of Tongxia City, Ningxia.Hospital received treatment.
The collapse occurred on the north slope of the West Cai District of the open -air coal mine.The net high vertical height of the north slope is 180 meters. After the collapse, the east -west towers are 500 meters and the north -south areas to a scum of 200 meters.The net height of the slag pile is estimated to be about 80 meters.Since the mining area of the incident is a valley, after the entire mountain collapses, the operation of the bottom of the valley is basically covered.
The second collapse and rescue work was interrupted at one time
Officially dispatched a large number of rescue experts to conduct search and rescue work, and also dispatched expert teams, professional teams, and medical resources to live support in many places.China's official instructions issued instructions on Wednesday requested that they would do everything possible to search and rescue people, and make every effort to treat the injured and do a good job of soothing.He also asked to find out the cause of the accident as soon as possible and seriously investigate the responsibility.
Due to the secondary collapse of the event on Wednesday evening, the rescue work was interrupted.The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Emergency Disposal Headquarters pointed out at a press conference on Thursday that rescue operations have been restored.
The headquarters said the official is investigating the specific reasons for the collapse of the slope.The public security organs have been involved in the investigation, controlled the relevant personnel, and the results of the investigation will be announced in a timely manner.
After the incident, governments in several regions such as Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Shaanxi have ordered coal mine companies to immediately conduct safety inspections on the mine, especially open -air mines.
