twenty - eight other miners were injured at the nearby kangjiayao mine at the time of the accident , although it is unclear if any of those miners were affecting . thousands of miners killed in colliery accidents each year in china . today ' s accident occurs just one day after 19 coal specialists were killed in a working collision in the sulongsi mine in chongqing , and one month after the larger accident in recent history killed 214 mines , in fuxin , liaoning province .
Liaoning Province is in China.