Twenty-two people were trapped in a coal mine following a gas explosion in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region early Friday, local authorities said.
The explosion occurred at about 1:26 a.m. at the Baiyanggou coal mine in Hutubi county, the Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Changji, when 34 miners were working underground, the prefecture government said.
Twelve workers managed to escape themselves.
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