Xinhua News Agency said Monday that the blast Sunday evening was in Panxian county in Guizhou province. [break]
It says 11 miners were working underground and one survived the blast with burns to his arms. It did not immediately give any other details.
China´s mining industry is the deadliest in the world, although the government has improved safety standards in recent years.
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