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18 people dead in coal mine explosion in China

AP | By, Beijing
Apr 18, 2009 12:21 PM IST

A warehouse explosion killed 18 people and injured six at a coal mine in central China, state television said on Saturday The blast in remote mountainous Hunan province on Friday afternoon also left two missing.

A warehouse explosion killed 18 people and injured six at a coal mine in central China, state television said on Saturday The blast in remote mountainous Hunan province on Friday afternoon also left two missing.

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Television footage showed the building was almost flattened by the blast, with a truck 50 meters away bent out of shape. The report said police are investigating whether explosives were stored illegally in the warehouse at the Daling mine in Yongxing county.

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One shareholder of the mine is already "under police control," state-run CCTV reported, and authorities are seeking the other owners.

Beijing has promised for years to improve mine safety, but China's mining industry remains the world's deadliest. A blast at the Tunlan coal mine in northern China's Shanxi province killed 77 people in February, China's worst industrial accident in a year.

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