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               Search Continues for 25 Trapped Miners; 2 Rescued

   by VOA News

   Rescuers continue searching for 25 workers who became trapped following
   a gas explosion in a coal mine in eastern China.

   Officials quoted by the official Xinhua news agency said two bodies
   were pulled early Wednesday from deep within the partially collapsed
   mine.

   Authorities still do not know what led to the Tuesday explosion at the
   Dongfang Coal Mine, which is located in eastern Anhui province.

   A local emergency official said the privately owned mine was operating
   against orders to stop work during the flood season.

   "Local government issued an instruction, urging all the coal mines to
   suspend production due to the flood season and the order has not been
   lifted," said the official.

   Mining accidents in China claim hundreds of lives every year, though
   safety standards have been gradually improving.

   Xinhua reported on Monday that chances of finding 13 workers missing in
   a flooded mine last week in northeast China were slim. Three bodies
   have been found.
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