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All 10 miners' bodies found after gas blast

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-04-05 07:52

URUMQI - Rescuers found all 10 bodies following a coal and gas outburst in a coal mine in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Monday, the local coal mine supervisor said.

The first body was discovered at noon on Monday after rescuers worked for 60 hours to rid the shaft of gas and enter the area of the explosion, said an official with the region's coal mine safety supervision bureau.

The last body was found at around 8 pm, the official said.

The accident occurred at 1:08 pm on Saturday at the Aiwei' ergou coal mine of the Xinjiang Coke Group in the regional capital Urumqi trapping 10 workers underground.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation.