Beijing: Ten people were killed and seven injured Saturday after the collapse of a section of a mountain at a coal mine in China, state television channel CCTV reported. The accident took place around 11:15 am local time (0315 GMT) in the northwestern province of Gansu, said CCTV, adding that rescue operations are now over.
Personnel were moving around the mining site “when a mountainside collapse occurred”;. The collapse “buried these employees as well as vehicles”;, said CCTV.
According to the final report Saturday evening after the discovery of the last body, “10 people died and seven were slightly injured”;, it said, quoting local authorities.
“An investigation is underway to determine the causes of the accident.”;
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