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17 missing in Guizhou colliery blast
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-11-18 15:19
GUIYANG -- A township-owned colliery blast caused 17 miners missing at early
Friday moring, in Panlong Town, Liupanshui City of southwest China's Guizhou
Province, according to sources with the provincial work safety supervision
bureau.
At 6:50 a.m. Friday, the Shagou colliery in the Panlong Town
exploded and triggered cave-in, with 26 miners on the spot. Nine escaped and the
other 17 were missing.
An official with the local government said the colliery, with designed annual
production capability of 30,000 tons, has a full set of licenses, except for the
work safety license.
Rescue work is still underway at press time.
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