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China says 15 dead, 114 trapped in mine explosion
BEIJING, 11.21.2009
BY CARA ANNA , Associated Press Writer
A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 15 people and trapping another 114 nearly a third of a mile under ground, central government authorities said.
Another 399 people at the Xinxing mine in Heilongjiang province managed to escape after the 2:30 a.m. explosion, the State Administration of Work Safety said in a statement.
China Central read full story...
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