Flooding traps 26 coal miners
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August 24, 2011, Wednesday
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TWENTY-SIX miners were trapped underground when an illegal coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province was flooded yesterday, the local government said.
The flooding happened at mid-day, when 45 miners were working in a pit of the Hengtai Coal Mining Co Ltd in Boli County in the coal-rich city of Qitaihe, a spokesman with the provincial work safety administration said.
He said 19 miners managed to escape.
Rescue efforts were under way.
The flooded pit, with an annual output of 30,000 tons, was one of the small mines that should have stopped production and been integrated into larger mines, the spokesman said, adding that the mine was operating illegally.
Meanwhile, rescuers are still trying to locate six miners trapped underground after a coal mine flooded in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region four days ago.
A life detector has been moved into the shaft, but due to too much silt, it hasn't been put into operation, said Kong Qingwen, head of the coal administrative bureau of Wuhai City, where the accident happened last Friday.
The flooding happened at mid-day, when 45 miners were working in a pit of the Hengtai Coal Mining Co Ltd in Boli County in the coal-rich city of Qitaihe, a spokesman with the provincial work safety administration said.
He said 19 miners managed to escape.
Rescue efforts were under way.
The flooded pit, with an annual output of 30,000 tons, was one of the small mines that should have stopped production and been integrated into larger mines, the spokesman said, adding that the mine was operating illegally.
Meanwhile, rescuers are still trying to locate six miners trapped underground after a coal mine flooded in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region four days ago.
A life detector has been moved into the shaft, but due to too much silt, it hasn't been put into operation, said Kong Qingwen, head of the coal administrative bureau of Wuhai City, where the accident happened last Friday.
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