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China mines take more victims

Posted by ben_young74 On December - 28 - 2009

A gas burst at the Malishu Coal Mine early Monday, local authorities said.
A gas burst at the Malishu Coal Mine early Monday, local authorities said.
Beijing – Seventeen workers were killed and six miners were trapped underground early Monday after an outburst of coal and gas at a coal mine in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, local authorities said.

The miners were working in a shaft of Malishu Coal Mine in Shuangbai County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture when the accident happened at about 1:50 a.m., said the county government. Rescuers rushed to the mine at 4:00 a.m. They were still searching for the miners. Local work safety authorities were investigating the cause of the outburst.

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