Chinese miners trapped after blast

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In a gas blast at a coalmine in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan rose to 19, with 28 miners still trapped underground, according to the local city government.

A total of 154 miners were working underground when the accident occurred on Wednesday around 6 p.m. at Xiaojiawan Coal Mine, according to Panzhihua city's official.

Within an hour of the incident, 104 had been rescued, but three had died en route to the hospital, the city said.

[Shola Sholaz]

the government has to rescue them quickly.miners are important