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11 killed in China coal mine gas blast
Eleven people were killed in a gas blast at a coal mine in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, local authorities said.
Updated on: Oct 19, 2011, 09:10:54 IST
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Eleven people were killed in a gas blast at a coal mine in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, local authorities said.
Altogether 21 miners were working underground when the blast happened around 11:30 a.m. at the Tianyu Coal Mine in Tongchuan City, and 10 managed to escape, a spokesman with the city government said, reported Xinhua.
Local authorities are investigating the cause of the blast, he said.
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