China coal-mining village blast kills 43 - Yahoo! News

BEIJING (Reuters) - Explosives stored in a Chinese farmer's home blew up on Friday killing 43 people and injuring 28, Xinhua news agency said.
The accident happened in a village in the northern coal-mining province of Shanxi.
Deadly blasts caused by privately stored explosives are not rare in Shanxi, where about a quarter of China's coal is produced.
In April, at least 33 people were killed and buildings flattened in the city of Yuanping when explosives stored by a former coal-mine owner blew up.
Ten villagers were killed in a gold-mining town in Shanxi in a blast at a family dynamite workshop in June.