The death toll from a coal mine gas leak in southwest China's Sichuan Province has risen to four after rescuers retrieved another body on Tuesday.
Six other miners were still missing after a coal and gas outburst at the Xingfu Coal Mine in Hongqiao Township, Yibin City,on Sunday afternoon, said a Sichuan Provincial Work Safety Administration spokesman.
Altogether, 21 miners were underground when the accident happened and 11 escaped, he said.
"Rescuers are searching the tunnel for the other missing miners."
About 200 tonnes of coal and 5,000 cubic meters of gas erupted in the accident about 12:50 p.m.
Local authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.
Elsewhere, a coal and gas eruption in a mine in the central Henan Province on Monday night killed nine people. All the bodies have been retrieved as of Tuesday.
Source: Xinhua
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