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Coal mine blast kills 42 in China, 66 trapped
Quick ReadRescuers search for dozens trapped after gas blast at China coal mine kills at least 42
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HARBIN, China (AP) — Rescuers working in frigid cold and darkness tried to reach 66 people believed trapped a third of a mile (half a kilometer) underground after a huge gas explosion Saturday ripped through a coal mine in northern China, killing at least 42 people.
The pre-dawn blast at the state-run Xinxing mine in Heilongjiang province near the border with Russia is latest to hit China's...
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