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China working all-out for 31 miners trapped in colliery flood
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March 2, 2010, Tuesday
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RESCUERS are working all-out today to drain water from a flooded coal mine in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, hoping to lift 31 people out of the pit.
Water gushed into the pit of Luotuoshan Coal Mine in Wuhai City, at least 600 kilometers from the regional capital Hohhot at around 7:30 am yesterday, the local work safety authority said.
As of Monday evening, one mine worker was confirmed dead and seven survived with slight injuries. Thirty-one people remained trapped.
Rescuers worked through the night to install water pumps and other rescue facilities. As of 8 a.m. Tuesday, one of the four pumps at the site had begun working.
It is not immediately known how long it will take to drain the pit, which the emergency rescue headquarters estimated was flooded with about 100,000 cubic meters of water. The surface of the flood water was 460 meters underground.
Five ambulances and more than 10 medical workers are waiting to provide first-aid to the survivors.
Water gushed into the pit of Luotuoshan Coal Mine in Wuhai City, at least 600 kilometers from the regional capital Hohhot at around 7:30 am yesterday, the local work safety authority said.
As of Monday evening, one mine worker was confirmed dead and seven survived with slight injuries. Thirty-one people remained trapped.
Rescuers worked through the night to install water pumps and other rescue facilities. As of 8 a.m. Tuesday, one of the four pumps at the site had begun working.
It is not immediately known how long it will take to drain the pit, which the emergency rescue headquarters estimated was flooded with about 100,000 cubic meters of water. The surface of the flood water was 460 meters underground.
Five ambulances and more than 10 medical workers are waiting to provide first-aid to the survivors.
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