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Four killed, 57 trapped in China coal mine rock blast [1]

A sudden explosion of rock in a coal mine in central China following a small earthquake killed four miners and trapped 57 others, a state news agency reported on Friday.

The accident in the coal mine in the city of Sanmenxia in Henan province occurred Thursday evening when 75 miners were working in the shaft, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Fourteen workers escaped.

Publication Date: 
04/11/2011
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
China [3], Coal [4], Mining Accident [5], Earthquakes [6], Mining [7]
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