A coal mine fire killed 24 workers and injured 52 others in Northeast China's Liaoning province early Wednesday, the state-owned Liaoning Fuxin Coal Corporation told Xinhua.
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The fire occurred in a coal mine under Hengda Coal, a subsidiary of Fuxin Coal, a major coal producer in the province.
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Fuxin Coal said the rescue has been over and all the injured workers have been hospitalized.
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Hengda Coal has halted operations in all its mines for safety checks. The company employs more than 4,600 people.
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Last year, eight workers were killed in gas leaking in a mine under Fuxin Coal.
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A deadly blast happened in a coal mine owned by the company in February in 2005, killing 214 people and injuring 30.