Factbox-Some of China's deadliest coal mine accidents

SHANGHAI, May 23 (Reuters) - A ‌gas explosion ​at ​Liushenyu coal mine in China's northern Shanxi province late on Friday killed at least 90 ‌people, making it China's worst coal mine disaster in ⁠over 16 years.

Here is a timeline of major coal mining disasters ‌in China:

1950

• A mine ‌accident at the Yiluo Mine in Henan province killed at least 174 people.

1960

• A methane explosion at the ​Laobaidong Coal Mine in Shanxi province killed 684 people.

1991

• A gas explosion at the Sanjiao River coal mine ⁠in Shanxi province killed 147 people.

2000

• A gas explosion at the Muchonggou Coal ​Mine in Guizhou province, killed 162 people.

2004

• A gas explosion at the Daping Coal Mine in ​Xinmi, Henan province, killed 148 ‌people.

• A gas explosion at the Chenjiashan Coal Mine in Tongchuan, Shaanxi province, killed 166 ⁠people.

2005

• A gas explosion at the Sunjiawan colliery of state-owned Fuxin Coal Industry Group in Liaoning province killed 214 people.

• A ⁠flood at the Daxing Mine in Guangdong province killed 123 people.

• ​An explosion at the Dongfeng Coal Mine in Qitaihe, Heilongjiang province, killed around 170 people.

2007

• Heavy rains flooded two mines in Shandong ‌province, killing 181 people.

2009

• A gas explosion at the Xinxing Mine in Heilongjiang province killed ‌108 people.

2026

• A gas explosion at the Liushenyu Coal ⁠Mine in Shanxi province ‌killed at least 90 ​miners, making it China's deadliest coal mine disaster since 2009.

(Reporting by Shanghai Newsroom; Editing by Susan ‌Fenton)

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