Mine rescuers work on amid grim discoveries (2)

Five miners were rescued and rushed to a hospital, one of them in critical condition. Four managers at the Pannan Coal Exploitation Co, which operates the mine, have been dismissed after authorities held them responsible for the accident, China News Service reported on Sunday.

The mine has a history of coal gas explosions, and the company has failed to come up with preventive measures, according to authorities.

Authorities have set the compensation for each dead at 1.04 million yuan ($166,000), the highest compensation rate for work-related deaths.

The mine, in Panxian county in Liupanshui, opened in 2006 and has an annual output of 4 million metric tons. It sits on a coal deposit of 1.3 billion tons.

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