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Article: Death toll from central China colliery blast rises to 42
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- September 8, 2009
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Death toll from central China colliery blast rises to 42
PINGDINGSHAN, Henan, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a
coal mine gas explosion in central China's Henan Province Tuesday
rose to 42 with 37 still trapped underground, the local safety
watchdog said Wednesday morning.
The deadly gas blast took place around 1 a.m. Tuesday in the
Xinhua No. 4 pit in Xinhua District of Pingdingshan City, said a
spokesman with the Henan Provincial Bureau of Work Safety.
A total of 93 people were working in ...