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More than 100 people needed hospital treatment after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China. The blast happened at the Liushenyu Coal Mine, run by Tongzhou Group in Shanxi Province, at 19:29 local time on Friday. At least 90 individuals were killed, while officials running the mine have since been detained.
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