Three dead, seven missing in SW China coal mine accident
13/10/2008 17:03
Rescuers recovered three bodies from yesterday's coal mine explosion in
southwest China's Sichuan Province, a provincial work safety bureau official
said today.
Seven miners are still missing.
The accident happened at 12:50
pm at the Xingfu Coal Mine in Hongqiao Township, Yibin City, when 21 miners were
working underground, the official said.
Eleven miners escaped on their own.
Rescue efforts to find the seven still missing, continue.
According to
preliminary estimates, more than 230 tons of coal and 5,000 cubic meters of gas
erupted in the explosion. No word yet on a cause.
Xinhua
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