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Eight dead in SW China coal mine accident
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-02-13 11:41 GUIYANG -- Eight miners were killed Friday in a coal and gas outburst at a mine in southwest China's Guizhou Province, local work safety officials said. The outburst happened at 1:36 a.m. at the Zhihe mine in Zhijin County when 33 miners were working underground. Twenty-five miners managed to escape, said officials of the Guizhou provincial work safety bureau. Local authorities are investigating the cause of the accident. |
