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BEIJING — Chinese authorities say 11 people have been killed in a gas explosion in a coal mine and 128 others remain trapped underground.
A statement by the State Administration of Work Safety says another 389 people at the Xinxing mine in Heilongjiang province managed to escape after the explosion early this morning.
A man answering the phone at the mine has said an unknown number of people were injured. The mine is run by one of China’s biggest state-owned companies.
