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The Guardian - AU
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Daisy Dumas with AAP

Underground mine explosion kills two people at Cobar in western NSW

Cobar town sign
A sign in the town of Cobar, NSW, where two people were killed in an underground explosion at the Endeavour mine early on Tuesday morning. Photograph: Jenny Evans/Getty Images

Two people have been killed by an explosion at the Endeavour mine in western New South Wales, devastating the local community of Cobar.

Police said emergency services had been called to the mine on Endeavour Mine Road at Cobar, about 600km north-west of Sydney, at about 3.45am on Tuesday.

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