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166 remain trapped in coal mine gas explosion
166 miners remained trapped underground after a major gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province Sunday. The blast took place at 7:20 a.m. at the Chenjiashan Coal in Tongchuan.By the press time, 127 miners have been rescued alive. Latest information from the Chenjiashan Coalmine, a state-ownedventure under the jurisdiction of the Tongchuan Mining Administration, confirmed that there were 293 miners working underground when the gas explosion happened at coalpits some 8,000 meters away from the ground entrance. Those who escaped the gas explosion were mainly workers working near the entrance. Some of them were poisoned by carbon monoxide, said the information. Main provincial Party and government leaders, including Li Jianguo, secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and Chen Deming, acting governor of Shaanxi, have all rushed to the site of the accident to organize the rescue operation. The Chenjiashan Coalmine is capable of producing 1.3 million tons of coal a year. Cause of the accident is under investigation.
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