2018 Shandong mine collapse
{{short description|Collapse of a mining tunnel in the Shandong province in China}}
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| date = 20 October 2018
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On 20 October 2018, a rock burst destroyed part of a mining tunnel in the Shandong province in China.{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2018/10/21/coal-mine-accident-in-china-kills-2-people-leaves-20-trapped/|title=Coal mine accident in China kills 2 people, leaves 18 trapped|date=2018-10-21|work=New York Post|access-date=2018-10-27|language=en-US}}
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A rock burst destroyed part of a mining tunnel, in a spontaneous fracture of the rock, while 334 miners were working in the coal mine.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-coal-mine-rescue-latest-miners-trapped-explosion-tunnel-longyun-shandong-a8594991.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-coal-mine-rescue-latest-miners-trapped-explosion-tunnel-longyun-shandong-a8594991.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Eighteen miners trapped underground in China after two killed in tunnel collapse|last=Stubley|first=Peter|date=22 October 2018|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-10-27|language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}} The collapse took place around 11:00 pm local time and destroyed part of a water drainage tunnel. Two people were initially killed by the falling rocks. Most of the workers managed to escape, but 18 workers were trapped underground.
Ventilation was returned quickly to around 200 meters of the damaged tunnel.{{Cite news|url=http://gbcode.rthk.hk/TuniS/news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1424047-20181021.htm?spTabChangeable=0|title=At least two dead in Shandong mine accident - RTHK|last=Kemp|first=Robert|access-date=2018-10-27|language=en-gb}} On 26 October it was reported that the trapped miners were discovered 242 feet below the surface.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-mine-collapse-miners-trapped-underground-death-toll-rises-2018-10-27/|title=China mine collapse: Death toll rises to 11, 10 still trapped|date=27 October 2018|access-date=2018-10-27|language=en}}