An explosion occurred in a coal mine in Shanxi province in northern China on Friday evening, local time, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.
About 200 people managed to get out of the mine, but on Saturday morning, about ten hours after the explosion, 38 people were still underground. Several of them are considered to be in a “critical condition,” according to the local emergency services.
The cause of the explosion is under investigation.
