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Xinjiang coal mine explosion kills 21
Xinhua
December 13, 2013

Twenty-one miners were killed after a gas explosion in a coal mine early on
Friday in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, regional
emergency response office said.

The office said earlier that 22 miners were trapped in the mine following
the explosion. Only one survived.

The blast happened at 1:26 a.m. at the Baiyanggou coal mine in Hutubi County
in Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Changji, when 34 miners were working
underground, the prefecture government said.

Twelve workers managed to escape.

Professional coal mine rescue teams and firefighters had been sent to the
site, according to the regional bureau of coal mine safety supervision.

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