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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Explosion in Chinese coal mine kills 13 workers and 5 missing

Wednesday, 05 Oct 2011

Xinhua News Agency reported that an explosion in a coal mine has killed at least 13 workers and 5 other workers are missing after the blast Tuesday in a mine in the southwestern province of Guizhou.

It said that 13 miners managed to escape, but three of those died in a hospital.

It did not give a cause for the blast.

Mr Min Luming secretary of the Communist Party of China of Libo County said the accident occurred at around 7 AM at Anping Coal Mine which is located in the Lihua Township in Libo County.

Rescue efforts are under way.

(Sourced from Xinhua)

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