Across China: Inner Mongolia
China Daily | Updated: 2009-01-19 07:34
5 killed from mine gas
Five workers died of poisonous gas inhalation in a mine shaft in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, a government spokesman confirmed on Saturday.
The incident occurred at about 5 pm on Friday at a mine, which belonged to the Shenhua Group Baotou Mining Co Ltd in Erdos city, a spokesman for the regional work safety bureau said.
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