The death toll from a gas explosion in a southwest China coal mine rose to 13, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, in the latest accident to hit the nation's dangerous mining industry.
A file picture of rescue operations after a mine blast in Shizong county, Yunan province , last year. A gas explosion in a southwest China coal mine on Friday has killed 13 workers and injured six others, according to the latest count.
Eight other workers were injured, four in a critical condition and one person remained missing, after the explosion that ripped through the Diaoyutai coal mine in Sichuan province on Friday afternoon.
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