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19 die in coal mine accident in N China

(Xinhua) Updated: 2016-03-24 09:09

TAIYUAN - Nineteen miners died and 110 others escaped alive after a coal mine cave-in in north China's Shanxi Province Wednesday night, the mine's owner said on Thursday.

The underground accident occurred at around 10:10 p.m. in a colliery of the Anping Coal Mine Co. in Shanyin County, said a statement by Shanxi Datong Coal Mine Group, the mine's owner.

A total of 129 miners were working underground when the accident took place, according to the statement.

Rescue work is underway.

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