Earlier, the agency reported that 22 workers were trapped in a coal mine in Jixi City. The mine is operated by state-owned Heilongjiang Longmay Mining Holding Group.
It was reported that 38 people were working at the shaft`s bottom when the fire broke out on Friday night. Sixteen men managed to escape.
In July, rescuers saved six men from a flooded coal mine in Heilongjiang Province.
China is the second coal producer in the world.
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