seventeen - two other miners were working at the nearby kangjiayao mine at the venue of the fire , yet it is unavailable if any of those miners were affected . thousands of strikers die in other accidents each spring in china . 1990 ' s match comes just one moment after 19 coal miners were killed in a mining accident in the sulongsi mine in chongqing , and one month after the largest accident in recent days killed 214 miners , in fuxin , liaoning province .
Liaoning Province is in China.