A collapse occurs during an illegal mining operation in China, killing 5 peopleThe Associated PressBEIJINGA collapse during an illegal mining operation in China has killed five people and injured one other person. The incident occurred Sunday in Huize County, Yunnan province, according to China's official news agency Xinhua. Rescuers pulled all six trapped individuals from the site in Baiwu village and sent them to the hospital. Five succumbed to their injuries, while the survivor remains in stable condition. Authorities are investigating the cause of the collapse. Just over a week ago, China experienced its deadliest coal mine explosion in recent years, killing at least 82 people in Shanxi province. Local officials cited “serious violations” by that mine’s operator.

BEIJING (AP) — A collapse occurred in an illegal mining operation in China on Sunday, killing five people and injuring one other person, Chinese official news agency Xinhua reported.

The incident took place in Huize County in Yunnan province in southwest China at about 4:30 a.m., Xinhua reported. The news outlet did not specify what kind of mine it was.

Rescuers pulled out all six people trapped at the site in Baiwu village and sent them to the hospital, but five of them succumbed to their injuries. The survivor was in stable condition, the report said.

Authorities were investigating the cause of the collapse.

Just more than a week ago, the country was hit by its deadliest coal mine explosion in recent years, which killed at least 82 people in China’s northern Shanxi province. Local officials earlier said there were “serious violations” of the law by that mine’s operator.