50 Chinese coal miners killed in three separate accidents

Accidents blamed on natural gas leaks have killed at least 50 miners in three separate Chinese mines.

50 Chinese coal miners killed in three separate accidents
Tue, 15 Jan, 2002 - 10:44

Accidents blamed on natural gas leaks have killed at least 50 miners in three separate Chinese mines.

Twenty-five miners were killed in an explosion in a private coal mine in Wenshan county in the southwestern province of Yunnan, says the Xinhua News Agency.

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