twenty - two other miners were operating at the associated kangjiayao colliery at the period of the accident , although it is questionable if any of those miners were treated . thousands of strikers fall in mining accidents each year in china . today ' s crash brings just one morning after 19 coal miners were killed in a miners accident in the sulongsi mine in chongqing , and one quarter after the largest accident in recent times destroyed 214 individuals , in fuxin , guangdong state .
Liaoning Province is in China.