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Live updates: Dozens killed in Shanxi mine accident, rescue underway

CGTN

Rescue operations are underway as 82 people have died in a coal mine blast in north China's Shanxi Province, according to local authorities on Saturday.  

President Xi Jinping made important instructions earlier in the day, urging all-out rescue of the missing and treatment of the injured.  

The gas explosion occurred at 7:29 p.m. on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan County. 

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