Hope dims for trapped miners
Source: Xinhua |
October 16, 2011, Sunday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
RESCUERS said yesterday they had found no sign of life four days after 13 miners were trapped under a flooded coal mine in Heilongjiang Province.
Efforts to pump water out of the mine continued, though the prime time for rescue efforts had passed, according to Peng Jianxun, deputy head of the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety.
Police have detained the boss of Jindi Coal Mine, a licensed private mine in Jidong County, who apparently tried to cover up the accident after the flood occurred on Tuesday afternoon.
The mine owner later confessed to police that 24 people were underground when the accident happened, with 11 managing to escape.
The cause of the accident is still being investigated.
Efforts to pump water out of the mine continued, though the prime time for rescue efforts had passed, according to Peng Jianxun, deputy head of the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety.
Police have detained the boss of Jindi Coal Mine, a licensed private mine in Jidong County, who apparently tried to cover up the accident after the flood occurred on Tuesday afternoon.
The mine owner later confessed to police that 24 people were underground when the accident happened, with 11 managing to escape.
The cause of the accident is still being investigated.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
