12 killed in coal mine accidents
China Daily | Updated: 2008-10-11 07:56
Twelve people were killed in two separate coal mine incidents in the past week, in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and Shaanxi province.
In the first case, nine were killed in a coal mine gas blast on Friday morning in Guangxi, a local safety official said.
The accident occurred at about 9:20 am in Heshan Coal Mine Co Ltd in Laibin city.
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