At least 24 workers were killed and 52 others injured in coal mine fire in northeast China's Liaoning Province early Wednesday, the state-owned Liaoning Fuxin Coal Corporation said.
The fire occurred in a coal mine under Hengda Coal, a subsidiary of Fuxin Coal, a major coal producer in the province, Xinhua reported.
Fuxin Coal said the rescue has been over and all the injured workers have been hospitalised.
Hengda Coal has halted operations in all its mines for safety checks. The company employs more than 4,600 people.
Last year, eight workers were killed in gas leaking in a mine in Fuxin Coal.
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