47 killed in village explosion in = Shanxi

	47=20 killed in village explosion in Shanxi (chinadaily.com.cn/Xinhua) Updated:=20 2006-07-07 10:12 A powerful explosion at a villager's home in Shanxi = province killed 47 people and injured 20 = others=20 early Friday morning, Xinhua reported. Earlier = reports=20 put the death toll at 30, but it rises as rescue = operation=20 goes on. The blast, said to be triggered off = by=20 explosives stored home, occurred at about 6:30am at = the home=20 of a villager in Dongzhai Village, Dongzhai Township, = Ningwu=20 county, north China's Shanxi province. A county official said the villager's home caught = fire=20 first and then many villagers rushed there to help = extinguish=20 the blaze. Suddenly, an explosion occurred and 37 were killed = in the=20 explosion, and ten more died in the process of = medical=20 treatment. Preliminary investigation found that the explosion = was=20 caused by illegally stored explosives in the fire, the = official said. But it is unknown how much explosive = the=20 villager illegalled stored at his one-story house. Rescue efforts are underway there and local = officials have=20 rushed to the site to direct the rescue operation. = More than=20 200 fire fighters, armed police and public security = police are=20 busy clearing off the debris from the explosion. The cause of the explosion is under further = investigation,=20 Xinhua reported. Zhang Baoshun, secretary of the Shanxi Provincial = Committee=20 of the Communist Party of China (CPC), demanded that = all out=20 efforts be made to rescue the injured, and responsible = persons=20 be punished according to law. Ningwu County, administered by Xinzhou City, takes = a bus=20 ride of more than four hours to reach from Taiyuan, = the=20 provincial capital. Party and government authorities of Ningwu and = Xinzhou have=20 rushed to the spot to oversee the rescue work.=20 A rescue headquarters, with the leader of Ningwu = County=20 Government as the commander-in-chief and consisting of = seven=20 specialized-task missions, has been formed to carry = out the=20 rescue operation.=20 More than 200 fire fighters, armed police and = public=20 security police are busy clearing off the debris from = the=20 explosion. Ningwu was not the first time = shattered=20 by this fatal blast. In July 2 last year, a gas = explosion at=20 the Jiajiabao Coal Mine in Ningwu killed 36 people and = injured=20 11. The mine's owner hid the bodies of 17 dead miners = after=20 explosion to evade punishment. With vast coal=20 reserves, Shanxi Province, commonly known as "sea of = coal, is=20 the biggest coal producer in China. However, legions = of fatal=20 accidents occur in the province each year, and = tragedies=20 caused by illegal storage of explosives used for = mining.=20 A similar bloody explosive explosion occurred = in=20 Yuanping City of the province in April this year. More = than=20 three tons of explosives illegally hidden in the = garage of the=20 staff hospital affiliated to the Xuangang Coal and = Electricity=20 Company detonated, killing 34 people. In June = this=20 year, 10 people were killed when privately stored = explosives=20 went off in a residential building in Fanshi County of = Shanxi=20 Province.

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