{"id":45,"date":"2023-02-23T09:02:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T15:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabricedubuy.com\/tragic-mine-collapse-in-chinas-inner-mongolia-claims-4-lives-49-missing\/"},"modified":"2023-02-23T09:02:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T15:02:29","slug":"tragic-mine-collapse-in-chinas-inner-mongolia-claims-4-lives-49-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabricedubuy.com\/tragic-mine-collapse-in-chinas-inner-mongolia-claims-4-lives-49-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragic Mine Collapse in China’s Inner Mongolia Claims 4 Lives, 49 Missing"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tragic mine collapse in China's Inner Mongolia region has already claimed the lives of four people, with 49 more still missing as of Thursday afternoon.[0]<\/a><\/sup> Rescue operations had been halted overnight due to a massive landslide near the site, though state media reported in the afternoon that operations were “ongoing.”<\/p>\n

On Wednesday evening, the rescue mission led by Wei Zhiguo was interrupted by a “large landslide”, according to the leader. Search efforts were hindered by a second landslide later in the day, after the first one had paused them overnight.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Inner Mongolia is one of China\u2019s top three coal-producing regions, along with Shanxi and Shaanxi, which produce 90% of the country\u2019s coal.[2]<\/a><\/sup> Chinese mines have been attempting to boost output over the past year in a bid to boost supplies and lower prices.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

According to CCTV, one hospitalized miner told reporters that the situation quickly became dire after a rockslide began at 1:15 in the afternoon. “I saw that the situation was getting more and more serious, and an evacuation was organized, but it was too late, the mountain just collapsed,” the miner said.[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

In response to the tragedy, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said: “We must make every possible effort to rescue the missing persons and treat the injured.”[4]<\/a><\/sup> Rescue operations are still ongoing, though the chances of finding survivors are slim. Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this tragedy.<\/p>\n

0. <\/span>“China Coal Mine Collapse Kills Four Lives with 49 People Still Missing” Bloomberg, 23 Feb. 2023, https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-02-23\/death-toll-rises-after-coal-mine-collapses-in-northern-china<\/a><\/p>\n

1. <\/span>“Scores missing after large mine collapse in China” BBC, 23 Feb. 2023, https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-64730607<\/a><\/p>\n

2. <\/span>“At least five killed in open-pit coalmine collapse in north China” The Guardian, 23 Feb. 2023, https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/feb\/23\/miners-killed-in-open-pit-coalmine-collapse-in-north-china<\/a><\/p>\n

3. <\/span>“Death toll rises in China mine collapse as rescue efforts continue” CNN, 23 Feb. 2023, https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/02\/22\/china\/china-coal-mine-collapse-intl\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n

4. <\/span>“Death toll rises in China mine collapse as rescue efforts continue” KAKE, 23 Feb. 2023, https:\/\/www.kake.com\/story\/48430640\/death-toll-rises-in-china-mine-collapse-as-rescue-efforts-continue<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A tragic mine collapse in China’s Inner Mongolia region has already claimed the lives of four people, with 49 more still missing as of Thursday afternoon.[0] Rescue operations had been halted overnight due to a massive landslide near the site, though state media reported in the afternoon that operations were “ongoing.” On Wednesday evening, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabricedubuy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabricedubuy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabricedubuy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabricedubuy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabricedubuy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fabricedubuy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46,"href":"https:\/\/fabricedubuy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions\/46"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabricedubuy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabricedubuy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabricedubuy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabricedubuy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}