twenty - six other mine were working at the neighbouring kangjiayao area at the time of the incident , although it is questionable if any of those miners were hurt . dozens of miners died in mines operations each summer in china . now ' s disaster arrives just one day after 19 coal miners were killed in a mining accident in the sulongsi mine in chongqing , and five month after the heaviest fire in recent history with 214 miners , in fuxin , liaoning province .
Liaoning Province is in China.