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Eight confirmed dead in colliery gas outburst
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-17 15:24

CHANGSHA: Eight miners were confirmed dead in a coal mine gas outburst in central China's Hunan Province, after their bodies have been retrieved, local authorities said Saturday.

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Rescuers recovered two bodies in the shaft on Friday afternoon, and the remaning six by 1:30 am Saturday, according to the coal industry bureau of Hunan.

The accident occurred at Friday noon when the eight miners were working underground in state-owned Jiahe Coal Mine in Chenzhou City, it said.

The Jiahe Coal Mine is owned by the Xiangmei Group, one of Hunan's minging giants.