Fire traps 27 workers in China coal mine
By IANSTuesday, January 5, 2010
CHANGSHA - Twenty-seven miners remained trapped inside a coal mine in central China after a fire broke out in the facility, an official said Tuesday.
The accident took place at 2 p.m. in Lisheng coalmine in Tanjiashan town in Hunan province, Xinhua reported. Officials have meanwhile launched a search for the trapped miners.
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