2009 Shanxi mine blast

According to the state-run Xinhua News Agency, rescue efforts concluded at 6 p.m. (CST), February 22 with all trapped miners located; the death toll was 74, with 114 in the hospital and five in critical condition.

[2] The pre-dawn explosion occurred at 2:17 a.m. (CST) as 436 workers were in the Tunlan Coal Mine in Gujiao city.

[3][4][5][6] Xinhua News Agency reported that over four hundred men were working when the explosion occurred but that most escaped unhindered and unhurt.

One hundred rescuers worked at the scene in Gujiao city as dozens of miners remained trapped.

[7] China Central TV (CCTV) broadcast footage of rescuers in orange suits and red helmets with headlamps entering an elevator where they were lowered into the mine shaft as injured miners were taken into ambulances.