BEIJING – A fire at a coal mine in northeastern China killed 17 people yesterday, state media reported, in the latest deadly accident to strike the nation’s mining industry.
The fire broke out in the morning at the Jin’an Coal Mine in Liaoning province and later caused a tunnel collapse which prevented the victims escaping, Xinhua news agency quoted local officials as saying. Nampa-AFPNampa-AFP
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