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HARBIN, China, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A gas explosion in an underground coal mine in northeastern China killed at least 87 miners and left 21 trapped in a shaft, officials said.
Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang rushed to the scene as 156 rescue workers gathered at the Xinxing Coal Mine in Hegang City in Heilongjiang province, about 250 miles east of the provincial capital of Harbin, where they worked on repairing the mine's damaged ventilation system, the state-run Chinese news service Xinhua reported.
The blast happened about 2:30 a.m. Saturday when a total of 528 miners were working underground. Company staff said 420 escaped.
Hegang Mining Bureau Hospital Deputy Director Pan Xiaowen told Xinhua the hospital had received 29 injured miners from the accident. The injured reportedly had burns, fractures and carbon monoxide poisoning.
The destroyed ventilation system, as well as a damaged communication infrastructure, were hampering efforts to reach the miners, who are trapped 1,650 feet underground, China News Agency reported.
Officials said Heilongjiang Longmei Mining Holding Group is the owner of the Xinxing Coal Mine.
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