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1st LD-Writethru: Death toll in central China mine flood rises to 6

Xinhua, March 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

All the six miners were confirmed dead following a mine flood in central China's Hunan Province on Monday night, local government information office said Saturday.

The last body was found in the evening, according to the Sangzhi county government's information office.

Rescue and relief work at the scene has ended.

The accident happened at about 9:40 p.m. at a carbonaceous shale mine in Sangzhi county on March 23. Endi