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Coal mine blast death toll rises to 18 in NW China

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2016-09-28 08:36Xinhua Editor: Mo Hong'e ECNS App Download
Photo taken on Sept. 27, 2016 shows the accident site of a gas explosion which occured in a coal mine in Shizuishan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.  (Photo: Xinhua/Wang Peng)

Photo taken on Sept. 27, 2016 shows the accident site of a gas explosion which occured in a coal mine in Shizuishan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Photo: Xinhua/Wang Peng)

The death toll of a fatal coal mine explosion in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has risen to 18, local authorities said.

The explosion occurred at 7 a.m. Tuesday at a small coal mine, which belongs to Linli Coal Mining Co. Ltd. in Shizuishan City. Twenty miners were working under ground at the time of the incident.

One miner died after he was rescued from the shaft, the bodies of 17 more miners were also brought above ground. Two remain missing.

Chairman of the region Xian Hui and vice chairman Ma Li arrived at the site of the explosion to inspect the rescue operation.

More than 200 rescuers have been mobilized.

The mine's annual production capacity is 450,000 tonnes. Its certificate remains valid until September next year.

Most of the miners were from the provinces of Sichuan and Gansu, as well as Ningxia autonomous region.

  

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