Sixteen miners were killed in a gas explosion Monday morning at Lishu mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
Ninety-seven miners were working underground when the explosion occured. All others were reported in safe condition.
Rescue work ended Tuesday morning, but the cause for the explosion is still under investigation, said Yu Jiahua, board chairman of the Jixi Mine Group, owner of the mine.
(Xinhua News Agency January 22, 2003)
