Coal mine blast in Guizhou kills 12
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Twelve miners were killed and two others injured in a colliery gas explosion on Friday evening in southwest China's Guizhou province, local authorities said on Saturday.
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Rescuers work at the Dashan coal mine where a colliery gas explosion occurred in Pingba County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 11, 2013. Twelve people were killed and two others injured in the explosion on the evening of May 10. |
The accident happened in the Dashan coal mine in Pingba County at around 7 pm, with 30 people in the mine, according to the Guizhou Provincial Administration of Work Safety.
Sixteen miners were lifted from the pit but ten others were found dead.
Four injured miners were rushed to hospital. Two of them died from serious injuries.
Government authorities have ordered the Dashan coal mine to close.
A deputy county head who oversees the safety work in Pingba was suspended for further investigations.
An investigation into the explosion is underway.
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