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Six confirmed dead after gas outburst
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-11-13 22:21 SHIJIAZHUANG: Six miners have been confirmed dead Friday three days after a gas and coal outburst in a mine in north China's Hebei Province, local authorities said.
The accident happened at around 11 am Tuesday at Majiagou coal mine in Tangshan City of Hebei, officials said. All the other miners working underground at the time managed to escape, they said. The local work safety administration is investigating the cause of the accident. |