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7 miners rescued after coal mine flooding in Jiangxi

SEVEN miners who had been trapped underground after a coal mine flooding in eastern China's Jiangxi Province were all rescued early this morning, according to local government.

The accident occurred at about midday yesterday in a pit in Jinshan Town in Shangli County, when nine workers were working underground. Two of them escaped unharmed and the others were trapped.

Rescuers employed seven pumps to pump water out of the pit, and managed to rescue the trapped miners at around 1:00 am today.



 

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