twenty - two other mine were working at the nearby kangjiayao colliery at the time of the incident , although it is unclear if any of those miners were affect . thousand of mining die in mine accidents each year in china . today ' s wreck coming just another afternoon after 19 coal miners were killed in a working spill in the sulongsi mine in guangzhou , and one day after the largest mistake in recent past killed 214 miners , in jilin , liaoning region .
hubei province is in korea .