At least 53 die in blasts at 2 mines
From Times Wire Reports
Explosions in two Chinese coal mines left at least 53 workers dead and six missing, the state Xinhua News Agency and safety officials said today.
In the Yuanhua Coal Mine in Jixi, a city in northeast Heilongjiang province, the remains of 21 miners had been found, and six miners were still missing today. Four escaped.
In Fuyuan County in the southwestern province of Yunnan, at least 32 miners were killed and 28 injured.
China’s mines are the world’s most dangerous, with thousands of workers killed each year.
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