A worker removes debris at the gate of a pit where a blast of a coal mine took place in Heshun County, north China's Shanxi Province, August 25, 2009, as rescue works are continuing. Eleven people have been killed, three are missing and two survived following a gas blast in the Xingguang Coal Company Ltd. here at about 11:10 AM on Monday, the local authorities said. [Xinhua]

A man walks past a wind tube sending wind to a pit where a blast of a coial mine took place in Heshun County, north China's Shanxi Province, August 25, 2009, as rescue works are continuing. Eleven people have been killed, three are missing and two survived following a gas blast in the Xingguang Coal Company Ltd. here at about 11:10 AM on Monday, the local authorities said. [Xinhua]