Gas explosion at a coal mine in Yongchuan District, Chongqing; 33 people trapped underground

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Original title: Gas explosion at Jinshan Gou Coal Mine in Yongchuan District; rescue efforts are in full swing. Report by Hualong Net at 15:01 on October 31st (Reporter: Xu Yan). Around 11:30 today (31st), a gas explosion occurred at the Jinshan Gou Coal Mine in Laisu Town, Yongchuan District, Chongqing. According to preliminary information, 35 people went down into the coal mine on that day; 2 of them have been brought back to the surface, while the status of the remaining 33 people underground is unknown. 　　After the incident, the municipal party committee and the municipal ** attached great importance to it. Comrade Sun Zhengcai, the secretary of the municipal Party committee, gave instructions right away. The top priority at present is to save lives; every effort must be made to carry out search and rescue operations, prevent secondary accidents from occurring, identify the causes of the accident as soon as possible, learn from this incident, and take measures to prevent such accidents from happening in the future. Huang Qifan, the mayor of the city, and Mu Huaping, the deputy mayor, have led officials from relevant municipal departments to the scene. The key officials from Yongchuan District are already carrying out rescue efforts on site, and the Yongrong Mine Rescue Team has arrived to provide assistance. 　　As of now, rescue efforts are proceeding in an orderly manner, and the cause of the accident is under investigation.