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Four rescued from China mine explosion
Four workers have been pulled out alive from a mine in north China, leaving 166 colleagues trapped and feared dead after a gas explosion, local officials said.
"Four miners have been rescued. They have been brought to the surface alive," an official from the Shaanxi provincial coal mine safety supervision bureau surnamed Duan told AFP.
They were rescued some 10 hours after the blast.
"So there are now 166 trapped," said Duan.
A total of 293 miners were in the Chenjiashan coal mine in Tongchuan city when the blast occurred, Xinhua news agency said.
While many escaped, 170 were trapped deep underground, local officials said.
The accident threatens to be the worst disaster to hit the world's biggest coal producer in recent years.
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