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12 dead in coal mine warehouse collapse

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2013-07-10 19:52

Twelve people were killed and one is missing after a warehouse collapsed at the construction site of a coal mine in Shanxi province, Chinanews.com reported Wednesday.

Heavy rainfall triggered the collapse, which buried about 20 people on Tuesday night in Shouyang county in Jinzhong, local government said.

Seven were rescued in the accident.