At Least 90 People Killed After Coal Mine Blast in China, State Media Reports

This photo released by Xinhua News Agency, shows a scene at the rescue site of the Liushenyu coal mine in Changzhi city, China’s Shanxi Province, on May 23, 2026. Cao Yang/Xinhua via APAt least 90 people were killed and hundreds more injured after a gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern province of Shanxi, state-controlled media said on May 23.The blast happened Friday evening at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan County while about 247 workers were working underground, according to state-controlled media.