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Coalmine blast kills at least 25 in NE China

2005-02-14 07:18:03 Xinhua English

SHENYANG, Feb. 14(Xinhuanet)-- At least 25 miners were killed and other 19 injured in a coalmine gas explosion Monday afternoon in Fuxin city, northeast China's Liaoning Province, according to the Liaoning Coalmine Safety Supervision Bureau.

The bureau said that 194 others were trapped underground.

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