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19 killed in China coal mine cave-in

NINETEEN miners died and 110 others escaped alive after a coal mine cave-in in north China's Shanxi Province Wednesday night, the mine's owner said on Thursday.

   
The underground accident occurred at around 10:10 p.m. in a colliery of the Anping Coal Mine Co. in Shanyin County, said a statement by Shanxi Datong Coal Mine Group, the mine's owner.
   
A total of 129 miners were working underground when the accident took place, according to the statement. 
   
Rescue work is underway.  




 

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