Workers found dead in China mine explosion

Search efforts will continue for the remaining miner until he is found, said Chen Fei, the mayor of Yantai city, where the mine is located.
Workers found dead in China mine explosion
Rescuers carry a miner who was trapped in a gold mine (Luan Qincheng/Xinhua via AP)

Rescuers in China have found the bodies of nine workers in a mine explosion, raising the death toll to 10.

Eleven others were rescued earlier after being trapped for two weeks, and one person is still missing at the gold mine in Shandong province.

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