Death Toll in China Mine Blast Hits 30 – The Associated Press

From The Washington Post (link):

The death toll in a coal mine explosion in northwest China rose to 30 on Monday as more bodies were recovered, the government said.

Another two miners remained missing after the blast Saturday afternoon at the Wayaobao Coal Mine in Shaanxi province, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

Thirty-nine miners were working underground and seven managed to escape, it said.

An investigation into the cause of the accident was under way, Xinhua said.>

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