twenty - seven other miners were working at the near kangjiayao pit at the height of the accident , although it is unsure if any of those miner were affected . thousands of miners die in railway accidents each year in china . now ' s accidents come just one day after 19 coal mining were died in a mining accident in the sulongsi pit in chongqing , and one weeks after the largest accident in chinese history killed 214 miners , in fuxin , liaoning province .
Liaoning Province is in China.