Death toll in coal mine collapse in China rises to 20

Another body was today found in a collapsed coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province, raising the death toll of the accident to 20.

The underground accident occurred at around 10:10 pm Wednesday in a colliery of Anping Coal Mine Co. In Shanyin County, said a statement by Shanxi Datong Coal Mine Group, the mine's owner.

Nineteen bodies were found yesterday. State-run CCTV said there were 129 people underground when the mine caved in but the others reached safety.