Five people were killed after an oil tank truck exploded in central China's Hubei Province, local authorities said on Saturday.
Three others were injured in the accident that happened Friday night in Zigui County, Xinhua quoted the county government (...)
Three people were killed in a gas explosion in a coal mine in central China's Wufeng county, Hubei Province early Friday morning, authorities said.
The victims were working underground around 1:30 a.m. when the blast took place, Xinhua reported.
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Three villagers were killed after a Saturday morning landslide buried their home in central China's Hubei province, local authorities said.
Rescuers found the bodies of the three victims seven hours after the landslide that occurred at 6 a.m. in (...)
AlHijjah 19, 1432, Nov 15, 2011, SPA -- Six people have been confirmed dead in a coal mine gas leak in central China's Hubei Province Tuesday afternoon, local authorities said.
The gas leak happened at about 2 p.m. at the Lengjiawan Coal Mine in (...)
Rainstorms have pounded the city of Yichang over the past two days, affecting more than 100,000 people and forcing 1,000 to be evacuated from low-lying areas, local authorities said Tuesday.
The downpours have also inundated almost 15,000 hectares (...)
Five people were missing after a cargo boat capsized when passing a ship lock at the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province Friday evening, according to local navigation authorities.
The boat loaded with more than (...)
Ten people are missing after a ship used for transporting vehicles loaded with goods capsized Wednesday morning in central China's Hubei Province.
The accident occurred after Qingjiang No. 8, the ship, pulled way from dock at around 5:30 a.m. (...)
At least seven people were killed and 19 wounded on Friday in a road accident in central China"s Hubei Province, Xinhua quoted local police officials as saying.
The accident happened at about 4:20 a.m. in Changyang Tujia Autonomous County of (...)
Search work went on Tuesday for 62 containers, some carrying dangerous chemicals, that fell into the Yangtze River Monday night, Xinhua reported.
Continuous water quality tests at the ports along the river had not shown signs of contamination as of (...)
Five mining workers died and one was injured Sunday after a train carrying coal from the tunnel to the ground derailed in central China's Hubei Province, Xinhua quoted local authorities as saying.
The accident occurred at 4:30 p.m, at the private (...)
A recent typhoid fever outbreak affecting 81 students in a middle school in central China's Hubei Province was controlled, Xinhua quoted local authorities as saying.
Eight-one students from Bajiao Middle School in the Bajiao Township of Tong (...)
An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Zigui County in central China's Hubei Province at 4:01 p.m. Saturday, Xinhua quoted the National Seismic Network as reporting.
The epicenter, located at 31 degrees north latitude and 110.8 (...)
Emergency workers are trying to rescue almost 200 people from a village that was almost inundated by a massive landslide in central China, Xinhua reported.
Continuous rain triggered a landslide of 60,000 cubic meters of mud, which swept into a (...)
Four miners were suffocated and one was reported missing following a build-up of poisonous gas in a coal mine in central China's Hubei Province, Xinhua quoted local work safety officials as saying.
The accident happened around 9:43 a.m. Monday at (...)
