Toll From Philippine Mine Explosion Hits 81
<i> Associated Press</i>
MANILA —
Searchers found 10 more bodies in a flooded mine Saturday, raising the death toll from a powerful explosion to 81.
At least one worker was still missing following Monday’s explosion at the Philippine National Oil Co. mine in Malangas, about 500 miles south of Manila.
The cause of the blast was unknown.
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