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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
HOHHOT, July 25 (Xinhua) — The people's government of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has set up an investigation team to look into the cause of an incident in which six university students drowned after falling into a flotation tank during a field trip to a local copper-molybdenum processing plant.
The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region authorities have increased the level of investigation to quickly clarify the causes, determine the nature of the incident, and develop measures to correct the situation. At present, the investigation team has arrived at the scene of the tragedy and has begun work.
According to the Hulunbuir City Emergency Management Department, the incident occurred at about 10:20 a.m. Wednesday at a plant operated by mining company China National Gold Group Co., Ltd. in Hulunbuir City. The students, all of whom were studying at Northeastern University, were observing the flotation process when a grate plate collapsed, trapping them in the flotation cell.
All six were pulled out of the cell, but doctors later declared them dead. A teacher was also injured in the incident. -0-
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