7 men trapped in flooded coal mine
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December 2, 2010, Thursday
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RESCUERS were working all-out in search of at least seven miners trapped in a pit in central China's Hunan Province late yesterday nearly 24 hours after it flooded.
The flood happened at 11:40pm on Tueday at a pit owned by Yide Coal Mine in Xiangtan County.
A deputy mine manager led 27 workers out safely, but the whereabouts of at least seven other miners was unknown, a county government spokesman said early yesterday.
An official with the local work safety bureau said the miners were trapped at a depth of 89 meters. Rescue work was launched shortly after midnight, with several pumps trying to drain water, he said. "Frankly speaking, no progress has been made so far," the official said. "But we'll never give up as long as there is hope of survival."
Authorities have suspend all mines in the county for safety checks.
The flood happened at 11:40pm on Tueday at a pit owned by Yide Coal Mine in Xiangtan County.
A deputy mine manager led 27 workers out safely, but the whereabouts of at least seven other miners was unknown, a county government spokesman said early yesterday.
An official with the local work safety bureau said the miners were trapped at a depth of 89 meters. Rescue work was launched shortly after midnight, with several pumps trying to drain water, he said. "Frankly speaking, no progress has been made so far," the official said. "But we'll never give up as long as there is hope of survival."
Authorities have suspend all mines in the county for safety checks.
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