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At least 82 people have been killed in Liushenyu Coal Mine of the Tongzhou Group in Shanxi Province in northern China with nine people still missing.

Axar.az reports that authorities said the miners died due to carbon monoxide levels exceeding permissible limits.

The blast happened at 19:29 local time on Friday (11:29 GMT) at a coal mine in Shanxi, with 247 workers reportedly on duty at the time of the incident.

Rescue operations at the site are under way.

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The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal ​mine in northern China's Shanxi province has jumped to ‌90.

This information was reported by the state media CCTV on Saturday.