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Six dead, four missing in Chinese coal mine flood

09:45 20/03/2009

XIANGGANG (Hong Kong), March 20 (RIA Novosti) - Six people were killed and four others are still missing following flooding at a coal mine in southwest China's Guizhou province early on Friday, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing local officials.

Thirteen miners from a total of 23 managed to escape from the Lianfa Coal Mine, in the Qinglong County, the agency said.

The search for the missing miners is continuing. The cause of the accident is being investigated.

China's mining industry is considered one of the world's most dangerous, with accidents killing at least 3,000 miners every year.

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