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November 19, 2019A violent gas explosion in a Shanxi coal mine killed 15 people and injured another 9. The Xinhua news agency reported, citing the province's authorities in northern China.

The first results of the investigation showed that there were 35 miners in the mine tunnels, in Pingyao county, at the time of the accident, which occurred in the early afternoon of Monday, according to the Shanxi Administration of Coal Mine Safety reconstructions.

11 workers managed to save themselves.