Eight missing from Shanxi coal mine

Eight miners are missing after a suspected gas outburst in a coal mine in northwestern Shaanxi province on Wednesday, local authorities said.

Forty-two miners were working underground when the accident occurred around 1:00 p.m. in Yintai district of Tongchuan City, according to the emergency rescue team on the site. Of the miners, 34 were lifted out of the mine safely.