Thirteen die in North China coal mine blaze
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-10-17 15:53 HECUN TOWN, Hebei Province --
Thirteen miners died in a coal mine fire in north China's Hebei Province and
another 22 injured are being treated in hospital.
The blaze started at 11:50 a.m. Monday when 63 miners were working
underground in the Longxin Coal Mine in Hecun Township of Handan City. Doctors
believe the dead were suffocated or poisoned by gas.
The other 50 were rescued and 22 were receiving medical treatment, with one
person in a critical condition, said Ran Longwu, vice-president of the Handan
No. 4 Hospital.
The blazed is believed to have started with an electrical fire, but
investigations are continuing.
The Longxin Coal Mine is collectively owned and most of the miners are
locals.
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