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China: Dozens dead in coal mine blast — state media
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- An explosion in a coal mine in northern China has killed at least 82 people, with some still unaccounted for, state media say.
- Rescuers were still searching "intensively" for nine people who remained unaccounted for, according to state news agency Xinhua.
- The blast took place at 7:29 pm (1129 GMT/UTC) on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county in Shanxi, one of China's poorer provinces, with 247 workers on duty underground, Xinhua said
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An explosion in a coal mine in northern China has killed at least 82 people, with some still unaccounted for, state media say. President Xi Jinping has demanded an "all-out" effort to search for and rescue those missing.
https://p.dw.com/p/5EDf PShanxi Province, where the explosion occurred, is China's coal-mining capital Image: Cao Yang/Xinhua/IMAGOAdvertisement At least 82 people have died after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China, state media reported on Saturday.
Rescuers were still searching "intensively" for nine people who remained unaccounted for, according to state news agency Xinhua.
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