twenty - two other miners were working at the lower kangjiayao mine at the times of the accident , albeit it is unclear if any of those miners were affected . thousands of coal die in mining accidents each century in china . today ' s accident comes just one day after 19 coal miners were killed in a mining fire in the sulongsi mine in xi'an , and one month after the largest accident in recent history killed 214 miners , in fuxin , shanxi province .
Liaoning Province is in China.