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Coal mine blast kills 19 in southwest China
Safety officials say a gas explosion from a coal mine in southwest China has killed 19 miners…15 workers escaped and all the bodies have been recovered. An investigation is under way...China's coal mines are the world's deadliest with thousands of miners killed annually. Demand for coal induces many producers to sidestep safety regulations, although conditions have improved and a number of small, illegal mines have been shut.