17 killed, 10 trapped as coal mine explodes in northern China

Rescue workers are having a tough time pulling out bodies from debris following a coal mine explosion in northern China which claimed the lives of no less than 17 people.

10 others are still reported to be trapped after the blast in China’s Inner Mongolia region- the second deadly mine disaster in days.

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According to Chifeng city government in China’s Inner Mongolia region, four miners were rescued after the blast, which occurred when 31 people were working underground.

The tragic news about the coal mine explosion is coming just hours after 21 Chinese miners who were trapped for four days after an explosion hit their unlicensed coal mine were confirmed dead in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province.

 

 

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