According to the agency, the incident occurred at 4.30 p.m. local time (08.30 GMT) on Saturday in the city of Shenmu.
23 November 2018, 16:23 GMT
At the moment of the accident, 87 people worked underground, 19 of them were killed, 66 were evacuated.
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An operation to search for two people remaining under the ground is underway, the publication said.
The cause of the collapse is not known, an investigation is underway.
