118 Die, 123 Rescued in Coal Mine Blast
From Times Wire Reports
A gas explosion in a coal mine in southern China killed 118 miners, a mine official said. The nighttime blast occurred at the Muchonggou Coal Mine in Shuicheng, a city in Guizhou province, said Zhong Tianfang, an official of the municipal mine bureau. An additional 123 miners were rescued, leaving no one missing, Zhong said by telephone from Shuicheng, which is about 1,000 miles southwest of Shanghai. “The rescue work went very quickly and smoothly,” he said.
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