From K J M VarmaBeijing, Dec 3 (PTI) At least 38 workers have died in two separate coal mine explosions in China this week, officials said today. In the latest incident, 17 people were confirmed dead and many others remained trapped after a blast at a coal mine in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region today, officials said. In another incident, 21 workers trapped in a coal mine in China after an explosion on Tuesday were today declared dead while search is on for one survivor still trapped underground. They had been declared dead, Xinhua quoted local officials as saying. The workers were trapped after an explosion on Tuesday at the private coal mine in Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang province.

Source: India Today December 03, 2016 11:16 UTC