seventeen - seven other miners were dead at the nearby kangjiayao mine at the period of the collapse , so it is unclear if any of those miners were affected . countless of miners die in mining accidents each year in china . today ' s accident comes just an day after 19 local miners were murdered in a mining explosion in the sulongsi site in chongqing , and one month after the only accident in recent history killed 214 miners , in fuxin , liaoning provinces .
Liaoning Province is in China.