GUIYANG - Seven miners have died after a coal and gas outburst at a colliery in Southwest China's Guizhou province early Saturday morning, local authorities said.
The accident happened at 2 am, when 50 miners were working underground at Huangshuiba Coal Mine in Yumo Township of Jinsha County, according to the county government.
Forty-five workers were lifted out. However, two of them died after emergency treatment failed.
Rescuers later found five bodies underground.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
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