Three killed in Shanxi's coal mine collapse

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Three people were killed after coal mine collapsed in Xiaoyi city, northern China's Shanxi Province on Tuesday, Shanxi Jiaomei Group announced on Saturday, claiming the rescue work has been completed.

The accident happened at 11:25 a.m. local time (0425 GMT) on Tuesday after several constant raining days, which burst a fire dam of a wellbore.

244 people have been rescued after 84 hours of painstaking efforts.

Relative investigation work is underway.

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