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Eight confirmed dead in colliery gas outburst
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-17 15:24 CHANGSHA: Eight miners were confirmed dead in a coal mine gas outburst in central China's Hunan Province, after their bodies have been retrieved, local authorities said Saturday.
The accident occurred at Friday noon when the eight miners were working underground in state-owned Jiahe Coal Mine in Chenzhou City, it said. The Jiahe Coal Mine is owned by the Xiangmei Group, one of Hunan's minging giants. |