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Coal mine gas blast kills 7 in SW China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-08-27 14:54 A coal mine gas blast killed seven people and injured three others in Southwest China's Guizhou province, authorities said Thursday. The accident took place at about 6:30 am Wednesday at the Jiangfeng Coal Mine in Guli township of Qianxi county, when 52 miners were working underground, said Chen Xiaohui, deputy director of the Guizhou Provincial Work Safety Administration. A total of six people were killed instantly, and 45 others escaped, of whom three were injured, Chen said. The body of a miner missing after the blast was found Wednesday night, he said.
The coal mine reports an annual output capacity of 150,000 tons. It is equipped with gas monitoring and a drainage system and had just finished a technological upgrade before the accident, Chen said. The cause of the blast is being investigated, he added. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
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