<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A gas explosion at a coal mine in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/china" rel="" target="" title="China’s "><span>China’s</span></a><span> northern province of Shanxi killed at least 82 people, state media reported on Saturday and after dozens were said to be trapped underground.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Official news agency Xinhua said the accident at Changzhi city’s Liushenyu coal mine happened on Friday evening and 247 workers were trapped underground.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The agency initially reported early on Saturday eight people were killed and 38 were trapped underground.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sans-souci-three-dead-after-two-car-crash-sydney-south/516beec7-948d-4df3-a955-b69b60dd1b4d"><strong><span>Driver in fiery crash minutes after police visit</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The cause of the explosion was under investigation, Xinhua reported, and rescue work is pressing on.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for an all-out effort to rescue the missing and an investigation of the accident's cause while holding those responsible accountable, according to Xinhua.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Shanxi province is known as China’s main coal mining province.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/coal-mine-gas-explosion-in-china-kills-82-people-state-media-say/d1b9d81d-fb22-4805-890e-2b828101bd5d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>With a size larger than Greece and a population of about 34 million, the province's hundreds of thousands of miners dug 1.17 billion metric tonnes of coal last year, or almost a third of China’s total.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-stephen-colbert-ai-generated-video-dumpster-late-show-final-show/f590c02d-5725-4bf3-a75d-38a9f0c448b9"><strong><span>Trump posts AI video of himself attacking Stephen Colbert</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/shooting-vietnam-australian-crime-family/2649d7a5-1f26-4e25-b10e-c9e9e24e4507"><strong><span>Australian crime boss shot dead in Vietnam</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div>