Mine explosion death toll jumps to 129 in China

The blast occurred on October 20 at the Daping Mine near the central city of Zhangzhou. Rescuers looking for the missing workers have had to dig through rubble and drain water from a 1,200-meter-long (3,900-foot-long) passage.

They "are still searching for the other 19 missing miners, whose survival chances are slim," the official Xinhua News Agency said. Authorities have not said what caused the explosion. China's coal mines are the most dangerous in the world.