least 18 people were killed by a carbon monoxide leak in the Diaoshuidong mine disaster in Chongqing in China. November 25, 2021: Listvyazhnaya mine disaster in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Smoke from a fire in a ventilation shaft caused the suffocation of over 40 miners. May 30, 2022: At least 12 people were killed by an explosion in La Mestiza coal mine in Colombia. August 3, 2022: 10 people missing after flooding at the El Pinabete coal mine in Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico. October 14, 2022: 41 killed in 2022 Turkish Mine Explosion in Bartın. Accidents by country Australia 22 Miners drowned in December 1882 in the Australasian number 2 deep lead gold mine at Creswick In Victoria. The mine was violently flooded by a burst of water when miners digging a new drive approached too close to the abandoned and flooded Australasian number 1 workings, due to an error in surveying by the manager of the mine. 5 miners survived and were rescued after 50 hours trapped underground. This disaster, with the highest death toll from an accident in an Australian Gold mine, left 63 Children without fathers and 18 Widows. The Bulli Mine Disaster of 23 March 1887 involved a gas explosion in the mine that killed 81 men and boys, leaving 50 women widows and 150 children without fathers. The Mount Kembla Mine Disaster of 31 July 1902 was an explosion resulting in the death of 96 miners, including two engaged in rescue work. It remains the worst mining disaster in Australian history. A coal dust explosion at the Mount Mulligan mine on 19 September 1921 killed 75 or 76 workers. Tasmania's Beaconsfield Mine collapse occurred on 25 April 2006. Of the 17 people who were in the mine at the time, 14 escaped immediately following the collapse, one was killed and the remaining two were found alive after five days. The survivors were trapped in a 1.5m x 1.2m cherry picker cage, which had saved them from being crushed by rocks. As it was not safe for rescuers to blast their way through, a special borer was brought in to drill an escape shaft. They were finally released on 9 May after 14 days underground. Three mining disasters occurred at Moura in a 20-year period. The first of these was in 1975, at the Kianga Mine, where 13 men died in an underground explosion. The mine was sealed