Death Toll in China Coal Mine Blast at 69 SHANGHAI, China - Authorities ordered illegal mines closed as rescuers ended a search for survivors of an explosion at a coal mine in northern China, confirming that all 69 miners trapped by the blast were killed, state media reported Wednesday. Death toll in Chinese coal mine blast rises to 65 BEIJING - Eight people have been detained in connection with a blast at a coal mine in northern China, where two more bodies were recovered Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 65, the government said. Four miners were missing. China coal mine blast death toll rises to 42 BEIJING - The death toll from a gas explosion in a northern Chinese coal mine climbed to 42 on Sunday, with 27 still missing in the latest tragedy to strike the world's deadliest mining industry, media reports said on Sunday.
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