A collapse in an iron ore mine killed two people in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Wednesday morning, a source with the local authority said.
The accident happened at 11:22 a.m. in Shengxin Iron Ore Mine of Bisiyingzi Town, Ningcheng County, when the two miners were buried by mud after the mine's support frame gave way to water from busted pipes, an official with the county's fire fighting department said.
The two were repairing the pipes at the time. Fire fighters dug them out and said they had suffocated to death, the official said.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Source: Xinhua
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