Victims of NE China coal mine blast identified

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Victims of NE China coal mine blast identified

The identities of 37 victims of a coal mine explosion in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have been confirmed, rescuers said Tuesday.

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The identities of 37 victims of a coal mine explosion in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have been confirmed, rescuers said Feb. 24.

The blast occurred at 6:10 a.m. Monday at the Baixing Coal Minein Jixi City when 35 men and two women miners were working in a shaft about 300 meters below ground.

By Tuesday, rescuers had recovered 24 bodies and the other 13 were still missing.

The trapped miners were aged between 22 and 49. Thirty of them were locals or former workers in local enterprises that had gone bankrupt, and seven were from southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Rescue efforts had been hampered by seriously-damaged tunnels leading to the shaft, and clearance work was still underway, said an official with the leading group in charge of dealing with the aftermath of the accident.

Source: Shenzhen Daily

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