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Gas leak kills 8 coal miners in SW China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-03-28 13:41
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GUIYANG - Eight workers were killed and three injured in a coal mine gas leak in Southwest China's Guizhou province early Monday, local authorities said.
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Eighty-four miners escaped by themselves or were rescued out, said Tan Bo, a deputy director of Panxian county publicity department.
The mine was under technological renovation to expand annual capacity to 300,000 tonnes from 60,000 tonnes, Tan said.
Local work safety authorities were investigating cause of the accident.