Mine Explosion Kills 24 in China
Posted on: Thursday, 4 September 2008, 09:00 CDT
Authorities in northeast China say 24 people died Thursday in a gas explosion at a coal mine in Liaoning Province.
Six other people were hurt and rescuers were searching for three miners trapped in the mine in Fuxin, Xinhua, China's official news agency reported.
Forty-one people were underground when the explosion occurred in the mine, which began operation in 1999 and extracts up to 40,000 tons of coal a year, Xinhua reported.
Source: United Press International
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