46 die in China mine blast

By IANS,

Beijing: Forty-six miners were killed Monday in a coalmine blast in eastern China, Xinhua reported.


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The blast occurred around 1.40 a.m. at Xingdong Number 2 Mine in Pingdingshan city of Henan province, officials said.

Seventy-two miners were at the mine, but 26 of them survived. The cause of the blast was not immediately known.

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