Coal mine blast kills 18 in Jilin
By Ding Luyang in Changchun and Wang Xiaodong in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2013-04-22 07:23
An explosion in a coal mine killed 18 people and injured 12 others in Jilin province on Saturday when the mine operators defied a government order of suspending the work for inspections.
The blast occurred at 1:26 pm on Saturday in the Qingxing coal mine in Helong.
Seventy-three people were working underground, and 55 of them were lifted to safety.
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