Fire forces Australian miners into shelters
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A total of 54 miners were sheltering in  emergency chambers underground after a fire broke out at an  Australian gold mine on Wednesday.
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Officials are confident of rescuing 54 miners who were trapped underground by a fire in an Australian gold mine, a mining company said.
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BEIJING - A wall of thick smoke blocked rescuers from reaching 141 miners trapped after a gas explosion in a coalmine in northern China.
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Crying relatives greeted eight miners rescued Saturday from a burning Siberian gold mine after a raging fire killed at least 21 of their colleagues. Four others were missing and workers searched for them in smoke-filled tunnels.
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AT least nine miners were confirmed dead and rescue teams were battling to reach a further 57 trapped underground after a fire at five iron ore mines in northern China, officials and media said today.
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Dozens of wildfires burning Tuesday across southern Australia destroyed more than a dozen homes and a popular ski lodge, while residents in a suburb of the western city of Perth were urged to flee an approaching blaze.
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Beijing -- Rescue teams were trying to push through miles of rubble- and smoked- filled tunnels Sunday to save as many as 141 miners trapped after a gas explosion blasted through a coal mine in central China.
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BEIJING Nov 28, 2004 - A gas explosion tore through a central Chinese coal mine on Sunday, trapping at least 188 miners and sending smoke billowing out the mine&#39;s air vents, the government said.
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A fire at a Western Australian gold mine leaves 54 miners trapped underground but most are quickly rescued.
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Some 20 people have stayed in temporary shelter after fire devastated the markets area of Camden,  north London.
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Chenjiashan Mine, China - Poisonous fumes were Monday preventing rescuers from reaching 141 miners trapped underground at a coal mine in northern China after an explosion which killed 25 of their colleagues.
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A gas explosion tore through a central Chinese coal mine today, trapping at least 188 miners and sending smoke billowing out the mine&#39;s air vents, the government said.
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Thirty-three miners were confirmed dead yesterday in a fire that broke out on Saturday morning at five iron mines in Shahe, North China&#39;s Hebei Province.
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More than 100 men are trapped and feared dead after a gas explosion at a coal mine in central China on Sunday. Dangerous carbon monoxide levels are hampering rescue efforts, but one official said it was impossible for anyone to have survived.
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A fire broke out at a coal mine in Siberia on Thursday, trapping at least 19 miners, a Russian emergency official said.
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Australians battled both fires and some of the worst flooding in decades Monday that stranded residents in several communities after days of intense summer heat and storms.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Thousands of firefighters rushed to contain more than a dozen wildfires burning across southern Australia on Friday amid fears that high temperatures and gusty winds forecast this weekend could further stoke the blazes, threatening farms and towns.