Four workers died and 90 miners remained trapped after an accident at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi Province on May 22, 2026, with carbon monoxide levels elevated and 247 miners underground at the time. Rescue operations had brought 157 miners to the surface, including 16 in critical condition, according to reports from Xinhua News Agency. The incident was covered by The Hindu and CNN, both rated left-center by media bias evaluators.