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3 killed after coal mine collapses in Xinjiang

(Xinhua) Updated: 2016-04-04 17:07

URUMQI -- Three people were killed, one injured and seven more trapped after a coal mine collapsed Sunday afternoon in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, local authorities said Monday.

A total of 19 people were working in the mine when part of the coal mine collapsed at around 2:50 pm in Shache county, the regional coal mine safety inspection authorities said.

Eight people managed to escape. Bodies of the killed have been retrieved.

Rescue work is underway, it added.

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