A group of miners from neighboring collieries hurriedly compose a volunteer rescue team at the accident site of the blast of a colliery belonging to the Baoma Mining Company in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]

Rescuers queue up for taking the lift to enter the mine well where the accident took place on the early morning of Dec 4. Occurring around 11:30 am on Dec 3, the accident claimed 32 miners’ lives, and 149 workers were rescued in the disaster. [Photo/Xinhua]