Rescue underway after coal mine blast in Shanxi

Luo Lin, Director of the State Administration of Work Safety, visits injured miners at a hospital in Gujiao after the deadly coal mine blast killed at least 74 miners in Gujiao, North China's Shanxi province, February 22, 2009. [Xinhua]

Injured miners receive medical treatment at a hospital in Gujiao after the deadly coal mine blast killed at least 74 miners in Gujiao, North China's Shanxi province, February 22, 2009. [Xinhua]

Rescuers carry a body of a victim who was killed by a coal mine blast in the city of Gujiao, in North China's Shanxi province, February 22, 2009. [Xinhua]

Medical staff treats survived miners at a coal mine in north China's Shanxi province, February 22, 2009. [Xinhua]

An ambulance arrives at a coal mine, which was hit by a gas blast, in north China's Shanxi province, February 22, 2009. [Xinhua]

Luo Lin, Director of the State Administration of Work Safety, visits injured miners at a hospital in Gujiao after the deadly coal mine blast killed at least 74 miners in Gujiao, North China's Shanxi province, February 22, 2009.