Working group dispatched to Gansu after coal mine accident

BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Emergency Management has sent a working group to aid rescue work and investigations following a coal mine accident in the northwestern province of Gansu on Saturday.

Local authorities said the accident occurred around 11:15 a.m. Saturday in Jingtai County in the city of Baiyin, as some personnel were moving around at the mining site.

Of the 17 people involv