China's Toxic Coal Legacy Unfolds in Bloodshed A devastating explosion at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi province on Friday night has claimed the lives of at least 90 people, with many more feared trapped.
The blast is a grim reminder of the human cost of China's addiction to coal, a fuel that has driven the country's economic growth but also its environmental reckoning.
The scale of this tragedy is staggering, and it underscores systemic failures in China's coal mining industry.