Katia Deng/ Shanghai Daily news

The last trapped worker in a Guizhou coal mine was found dead today, raising the death toll to 16, Xinhua news agency reported today.

Rescuers have transported all the bodies of the trapped workers out of the Yile Coal Mine, which exploded at 12:20am on Sunday.

Twenty-five miners were working underground when the blast occurred, one was killed instantly and only nine escaped.

The coal mine, at Shuitang Town of Panxian County, is privately owned and has an annual capacity of 60,000 tons.

The mine owner is being monitored by police, and the cause of the blast is under investigation.