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Articles of the author Chongqing
Highway Accident Kills 5 in Southwest China
A car crashed through a highway guardrail and left five people dead on Thursday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The local police said the accident happened at around 8:35 a.m. and all five passengers in the Buick commercial vehicle were (...)

12 - 02 - 2015
At Least 10 Dead in Southwest China Rainstorms
AlQa'dah 19, 1435, Sep 14, 2014, SPA -- At least 10 people were killed after severe downpours battered southwest China's Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality, local authorities said on Sunday. Heavy rainfall hit Linshui, a county in Sichuan's (...)

14 - 09 - 2014
11 Miners Confirmed Dead in Southwest China Landslide
AlQa'dah 10, 1435, Sep 5, 2014, SPA -- All 11 miners buried in a rainstorm-triggered landslide are confirmed dead as the last body was retrieved on Wednesday night, said the rescue headquarters. The last body of the 11 workers of a mine in Yunyang (...)

05 - 09 - 2014
Southwest China Mine Accident Triggered by Gas Explosion
A coal mine accident that killed 22 miners Tuesday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality was caused by a gas explosion, authorities said Friday. Preliminary analysis showed that the accident was triggered by a gas explosion on the goaf, or the (...)

06 - 06 - 2014
22 Dead in Southwest China Mine Accident
Twenty-two people are confirmed dead after a coal mine accident on Tuesday evening in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, local authorities said. Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of all the missing miners, Xinhua quoted the authorities as (...)

04 - 06 - 2014
7 Dead, 16 Missing in Southwest China Colliery Accident
Seven people died and 16 others are missing after a coal mine accident on Tuesday afternoon in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, local authorities said. The accident happened at about 3:40 p.m. at the Yanshitai Coal Mine in the Wansheng (...)

03 - 06 - 2014
13 Dead in Coal Mine Gas Blast in SW China
AlQa'dah 21, 1432, Oct 19, 2011, SPA -- A coal mine gas blast has left 13 people dead in Chongqing Municipality, local authorities said Wednesday. The accident took place at Fufa Coal Mine in Dashu Township of Fengjie County at about 1:10 p.m. (...)

19 - 10 - 2011
Scaffold Collapse Kills One, Injures Two at Southwest China Construction Site
A worker died and two others were injured after a scaffold collapsed at a construction site in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Friday. The accident happened at 7:15 p.m. at the construction site of the Wutaishan highway overpass in the (...)

26 - 08 - 2011
Four Killed in Coach Accident in Southwest China
A long-distance bus plunged into a roadside ditch in southwest China Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring an unspecified number of others, local authorities said. The bus, carrying 36 people, broke through a guardrail and plunged (...)

13 - 07 - 2011
Three dead, two injured as falling rocks hit vehicles in SW China
Three people died and two were injured when rocks falling from a mountain hit a car and a truck Saturday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, the local government said. The accident happened at 8:30 a.m. on State Highway 319 in Wulong (...)

12 - 06 - 2010
Five miners killed by slipping coal carts in SW China coal mine
Five miners were killed after they were hit by three slipping coal carts in a coal mine in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Sunday, said the local authority. The accident happened at 8:00 a.m. under an inclined shaft of the Pengxin (...)

23 - 05 - 2010
Furniture factory fire leaves three dead, three injured in southwest China
A fire at a furniture factory in southwest China"s Chongqing Municipality left three workers dead and three others injured Saturday, Xinhua quoted local authorities as saying. The fire started at about 4 p.m. at the factory that produces sofa in (...)

31 - 10 - 2009
Torrential rains leave three dead in SW China city
Authorities in southwest China's Chongqing City have confirmed three people were killed in natural disasters triggered by torrential rains between Saturday and Monday, Xinhua reported. Also damaged were 4,765 rural houses in Qianjiang, in the (...)

21 - 09 - 2009
Autumn drought hits Chinese provinces, leaving 1.5 mln short of drinking water
Continuous severe drought over the past month has left more than 1.5 million people short of drinking water and thousands of hectares of cropland damaged in south and central China, Xinhua reported. Chongqing has reported a lingering autumn (...)

18 - 09 - 2009
2 killed in earthquake in SW China
An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale late Saturday left two people dead and one slightly injured in southwest China's Chongqing municipality, Xinhua quoted the municipal government as saying. A total of 425 people in Rongchang county were (...)

10 - 08 - 2009
12 killed, 13 missing in rainstorm in SW China municipality
Rain-triggered floods and landslides have left 12 people dead and 13 missing in Chongqing Municipality over the past three days, Xinhua quoted the local flood-control authority as saying today. Seven of a 35-member tourist group were killed by (...)

12 - 07 - 2009
Colliery gas burst accident kills 25 in SW China city
Twenty-five miners were confirmed dead and another 20 remained underground following a colliery gas burst Saturday in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality, Xinhua quoted local coal mine supervision authorities as saying. The accident (...)

30 - 05 - 2009
Two killed, 11 injured in China stampede
Two people died and 11 others were injured Sunday in a stampede as shoppers scrambled for sales promotion in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Xinhua quoted local authorities as saying. The tragedy occurred in Fuling District at about 9:15 (...)

22 - 03 - 2009
Steinmeier calls for open dialogue in China, visits quake-hit area
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the end of his trip to China on Sunday called for open dialogue between the state and civil society, according to DPA. This included the willingness and ability to criticize, Steinmeier said at the (...)

15 - 06 - 2008
Quake in China kills thousands
An earthquake devastated southwestern China, killing close to 10,000 people and trapping hundreds of others under schools, factories and houses while the worst-hit area was still cut off from rescuers on Tuesday. The 7.9 magnitude quake, centred in (...)

13 - 05 - 2008
Coal mine flood kills seven in southwest China
Seven people were killed and two are still missing after a coal mine flood in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Xinhua quoted the local safety authority as saying. The accident occurred at around 2:40 p.m. on Monday in Lutang coal mine, (...)

08 - 04 - 2008
Heavy fog delays more than 200 flights in southwest China
The heaviest fog to affect southwest China's Chongqing Municipality so far this winter has delayed more than 200 flights and led to the cancellation of another 10, affecting about 15,000 passengers, Xinhua reported. The fog, which the municipal (...)

24 - 11 - 2007
Death toll rises to seven in SW China coal mine gas explosion
Rescuers early on Friday recovered six more bodies from a coal mine shaft in southwest China, where a gas explosion occurred on Thursday, bringing the death toll to seven, according to Xinhua. Four miners remained missing, said a source at the (...)

26 - 10 - 2007
Colliery gas explosion kills 1, traps 5 in southwest China
A gas explosion in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has killed one miner and trapped five others, Xinhua quoted an official with the local coal mine safety watchdog as saying Wednesday. The blast occurred around 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday at (...)

22 - 08 - 2007
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