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| Polish coal mine blast kills 12 | Polish coal mine blast kills 12 |
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| Twelve miners have been killed in a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in Ruda Slaska-Kochlowice, southern Poland, officials say. | Twelve miners have been killed in a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in Ruda Slaska-Kochlowice, southern Poland, officials say. |
| The blast struck the Wujek-Slask mine on Friday morning, a spokeswoman for Poland's mines authority, Edyta Tomaszewska, told reporters. | The blast struck the Wujek-Slask mine on Friday morning, a spokeswoman for Poland's mines authority, Edyta Tomaszewska, told reporters. |
| She said 30 miners were taken to hospital. The blast occurred 1,050m (nearly 3,500ft) underground. | She said 30 miners were taken to hospital. The blast occurred 1,050m (nearly 3,500ft) underground. |
| A blast at another pit in Ruda Slaska killed 23 miners in November 2006. |