twenty - two other miners were killed at the nearby kangjiayao mine at the time of the accident , although it is unclear if any of those miners were affected . million of miners die in mining fatalities each years in china . tonight ' s crash comes just one day after 19 small miners were dead in a mining event in the sulongsi mine in chengdu , and five months after the major accident in recent history killed 214 mines , in daqing , liaoning voivodeship .
Liaoning Province is in China.