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Explosion kills 7 in Hebei

SEVEN people were killed and four others wounded when some farmers unskillfully handled explosives while attempted to illegally exploit a mine in Hebei Province, the government said yesterday.

An initial probe found that a group of farmers tried to blast their way into an iron ore mine in Tang County on Friday night. But the explosives went off unexpectedly, killing or injuring the farmers, the government said in a statement. One of the injured is in a critical condition.



 

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