China: explosion in coal mine; at least 50 miners killed
China: explosion in coal mine; at least 50 miners killed
The explosion occurred Saturday in the Linjiazhuang Coal Mine in Jinzhong, a city in Shanxi province, China's main coal-producing region, the report said. The official Xinhua News Agency said investigators blamed the blast on airborne coal dust that caught fire, thr AP reports.
The mine manager was in police custody, state television said on its midday national news.
Some 64 miners were in the mine at the time of the explosion and six escaped, according to Xinhua.
It said only one miner was rescued alive from the mine and that he was suffering from carbon-monoxide poisoning.
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