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Coal mine blast death toll hits 6

The death toll from a coal mine gas blast rose to six after five more bodies were recovered, mine sources said on Wednesday. A total of 215 miners were working underground at the Bailongshan coal mine in Fuyuan county when the accident occurred at around 4 am on Sunday. One miner was killed and eight others were missing after the incident, while the other miners were lifted out.