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18 miners dead in China

EIGHTEEN miners have died in an underground gas explosion in a Chinese coal mine, the State Administration of Work Safety has reported.

Vivienne Ryan

Reports from newsagency AFP said the accident took place at the Baijiagou coal mine in China’s Liaoning province on Monday morning.

 

The agency said 81 miners were underground at the time of the blast, with 56 escaping unhurt and seven still missing.

 

According to official figures nearly 3800 people died in Chinese coal mines last year though independent monitors said the real figure would be higher.

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