Chinese rescue miners enter into a pit to search for the missing in a gas blast at Hongfa Coal Mine in Niumasi Town, Shaodong County, central China's Hunan Province, March 7, 2007. Five miners are dead and ten are believed missing after a gas blast at Hongfa Coal Mine. The coal mine owner and managers ran away after the blast, hindering the rescue operation, Xinhua reported.

Relatives of coal mine victims cry at Hongfa Coal Mine in Niumasi Town, Shaodong County, central China's Hunan Province, March 7, 2007. Five miners are dead and ten are believed missing after a gas blast at Hongfa Coal Mine. The coal mine owner and managers ran away after the blast, hindering the rescue operation, Xinhua reported.

(China Daily March 8, 2007)