According to the rescue headquarters, an initial investigation showed that the cause of the accident was the local gas explosion underground.

据事故抢险指挥部介绍，现已初步查明，事故原因为井下局部瓦斯爆炸。

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The site of the first explosion was only 120 metres underground, but 2km from the mine’s entrance.

第一次爆炸发生的地点仅在地下120米处，但却离出口有两千米远。

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Twenty miners were trapped underground after the gas explosion.

瓦斯爆炸后有二十名矿工被困井下。

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Twenty-nine of them died in an explosion at an underground mine in West Virginia on April fifth,twenty-ten.

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