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BEIJING, China (CNN) -- A coal mine collapse in northeastern China killed at least 21 miners, the second fatal incident in less than a week, state-run media reported.
All the victims had died from carbon monoxide poisoning at the Wujiu Coal Mine, a Datong city government official said, according to Xinhua news agency on Sunday.
Seven miners escaped on foot and four others were rescued after the mine collapse Saturday in Shanxi province, the China News Agency also reported.
An investigation was under way at the state-run mine in the south suburb of Datong, according to the China News Agency.
The accident followed a similar mine disaster on Wednesday that killed 18 miners in neighboring Shaanxi province. Ten miners survived the collapse at the state-owned Huisen Liangshuijing Coal Mine, about 375 miles (600 km) north of the provincial capital, Xian.
The provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia -- an autonomous region of China -- hold China's most abundant coal reserves, according to China's coal industry association. Shanxi holds the biggest chunk of the nation's reserve at 30 percent.
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