BEIJING - Nine people were killed when a fire broke out in a coal mine in China's northwestern Shaanxi province, Xinhua reported Friday.
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BEIJING - Slow evacuation and the failure to map and seal an adjacent disused shaft were major factors behind the trapping of 153 miners in a flooded Chinese coal shaft, state media said Wednesday.
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