A dawn explosion in a Chinese coal mine has killed 20 workers and trapped a further 17 underground. The blast happened at 6am local time this morning and came shortly after the world was riveted by Chile's dramatic rescue of 33 trapped miners who spent more than two months underground. It remains unclear how far underground the 17 trapped workers are at the state-owned mine in the country's central region, a spokesman with the state work safety administration said. He had no details on the cause of the blast in Henan province, a couple of hours outside the provincial capital of Zhengzhou, about 430 miles south of Beijing.China Central Television originally reported that more than 30 people were trapped and 20 killed, but the spokesman said the earlier number of people reported trapped included the dead workers. (Daily Mail)
