Four people have been confirmed dead and four others were injured after a coal-mine gas burning in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sunday.
The accident happened around 11 a.m. at a coal mine in Xiaohe Township of Weiyuan County, when eight miners were carrying out a routine safety check, according to the county's information office.
Five miners were rescued around noon, but one died in a local hospital. Three others who had been trapped were found at 7:20 p.m., but later died in hospital.
The injured four are in a stable condition, according to the office.
An investigation1 into the cause of the gas burning is underway.
Weiyuan is about 200 kilometers from the provincial2 capital of Chengdu.
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