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Death toll rises to 20 in N China coal mine accident

(Xinhua)    18:40, March 25, 2016

Death toll rises to 20 in a collapsed coal mine accident in north China's Shanxi province, the mine's owner announced on Friday. [Photo: weibo.com]

TAIYUAN, March 25 -- Another body was found in a collapsed coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province, raising the death toll of the accident to 20, the mine's owner announced on Friday.

The underground accident occurred at around 10:10 p.m. Wednesday in a colliery of Anping Coal Mine Co. in Shanyin County, said a statement by Shanxi Datong Coal Mine Group, the mine's owner.

Nineteen bodies were found on Thursday.

The case is under investigation.

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