China Coal Mine Gas Leak Kills 29 – Reuters

From Reuters:

Twenty-nine miners were killed in a coal mine gas leak in southwest China’s Guizhou Province and six others are missing, state media reported on Friday.

The gas leak at Qunli Coal Mine in Nayong County occurred on Thursday afternoon when 86 miners were working in the shaft, the official Xinhua News Agency quoted rescuers as saying.

The rescuers saved 52 miners, the report said.

“The other six miners have slim chances of survival, but the search will continue,” a rescuer was quoted as saying. [Full Text]

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