Victims of an accident involving carbon monoxide poisoning at a gold mine receive treatment at Renmin Hospital in Huadian, northeast China's Jilin Province, Jan. 15, 2013. Ten people were killed and 28 others injured after a fire broke out on early Tuesday morning inside the Laojinchang gold mine which resulted in a high density of carbon monoxide. Most of the 28 injured have kept out of danger, except that one seriously injured victim got serious respiratory burns. (Xinhua/Lin Hong)
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Death toll hits 10 in NE China mine accident
CHANGCHUN, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Ten people died and 28 others were injured in a carbon monoxide poisoning accident at a gold mine in northeast China's Jilin Province early Tuesday, local authorities said late Tuesday.
Fifty-seven miners were working when a fire broke out at 4 a.m. in the Laojinchang Gold Mine in the city of Huadian, resulting in a dense buildup of both carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, according to the city's publicity department. Full story
