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Flood threatens rescue of 18 trapped in Jilin mine
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August 10, 2010, Tuesday
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RESCUERS are racing to save 18 miners trapped in a coal mine that was flooded early this morning in Jilin Province.
The accident happened at 12:10am at Hongyuan Coal Mine in Erdaojiang District of Tonghua, the third largest city in northeast China's Jilin, said Zhang Dejun, the spokesman of the city government.
He said the miners were working below ground to pull out machinery that had been soaked after days of torrential rain, when the flooding occurred.
He said rescuers were pumping water out of the mine, which was near the lower reaches of Daluoquangou River. However, a reservoir upstream was poised to discharge flood waters today.
"Time is very pressing," Zhang said.
The Daluoquangou River is swollen after the catchment received 116.2 millimeters of rain yesterday.
Wang Zuji, Vice Governor of Jilin, is overseeing the rescue work at the site.
The Hongyuan Coal Mine, whose designed annual production capacity is 60,000 tons, is a township-owned mine. The cause of the accident was not immediately known.
Jilin Province has been battered by heavy rain and floods this summer. At least 85 people have died and 66 are missing after floods over the past two months, according to the provincial government.
The accident happened at 12:10am at Hongyuan Coal Mine in Erdaojiang District of Tonghua, the third largest city in northeast China's Jilin, said Zhang Dejun, the spokesman of the city government.
He said the miners were working below ground to pull out machinery that had been soaked after days of torrential rain, when the flooding occurred.
He said rescuers were pumping water out of the mine, which was near the lower reaches of Daluoquangou River. However, a reservoir upstream was poised to discharge flood waters today.
"Time is very pressing," Zhang said.
The Daluoquangou River is swollen after the catchment received 116.2 millimeters of rain yesterday.
Wang Zuji, Vice Governor of Jilin, is overseeing the rescue work at the site.
The Hongyuan Coal Mine, whose designed annual production capacity is 60,000 tons, is a township-owned mine. The cause of the accident was not immediately known.
Jilin Province has been battered by heavy rain and floods this summer. At least 85 people have died and 66 are missing after floods over the past two months, according to the provincial government.
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