State Council to oversee probe into coal mine explosion in NW China

BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) — The Work Safety Committee of China\’s State Council has decided to supervise the investigation into an explosion at a coal mine in Yanchuan County in northwest China\’s Shaanxi Province, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Tuesday.

A major gas explosion ripped through the Xintai coal mine in Yanchuan County in the city of Yan\’an on Aug. 21 this year, killing 11 people and injuring 11 others.

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