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	Initial investigation showed the fire was caused by a gas explosion, Pham Hong Thanh, head of Dong Vong&#39;s coal-mine office, said.</div>
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	One worker was injured and being treated in hospital. Smoke was still rising from the mouth of the tunnel early yesterday, according to local news outlet Thanh Nien.</div>

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Fire kills six coal miners in Vietnam

Six coal miners suffocated to death in a fire in northern Vietnam, authorities said yesterday. The fire started at 11.30pm on Wednesday at a coal mine belonging to Dong Vung company in Uong Bi town, Quang Ninh province, the Vietnam National Coal Mineral I

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