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Hunan province works all-out for miners missing in colliery flood
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December 1, 2010, Wednesday
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RESCUERS are working all-out in search of at least seven miners trapped in a pit in central China's Hunan Province this morning, more than 10 hours after it was flooded.
The flood happened at 11:40 pm in a pit of Yide Coal Mine in Xiangtan County.
A deputy mine manager led 27 workers out safely, but the whereabouts of at least seven other miners was unknown, a county government spokesman said early today.
An official with the local work safety bureau said the flood happened 85 meters underground and the miners were believed to be trapped at a depth of 89 meters.
Rescue work was launched shortly after midnight, with several pumps working together to drain 1,200 tons of water an hour, he said.
"Frankly speaking, no substantial progress has been made so far," the official said. "But we'll never give up as long as there's hope of survival."
He said more pumps were being installed Wednesday to speed up the draining.
Families of the trapped miners began arriving at the scene Wednesday morning, waiting for news.
Assisting in the rescue work, Liu Hunqiang, a villager from Yunhuqiao township in Xiangtan County, held a torchlight for rescuers transporting equipment down the shaft.
The flood happened at 11:40 pm in a pit of Yide Coal Mine in Xiangtan County.
A deputy mine manager led 27 workers out safely, but the whereabouts of at least seven other miners was unknown, a county government spokesman said early today.
An official with the local work safety bureau said the flood happened 85 meters underground and the miners were believed to be trapped at a depth of 89 meters.
Rescue work was launched shortly after midnight, with several pumps working together to drain 1,200 tons of water an hour, he said.
"Frankly speaking, no substantial progress has been made so far," the official said. "But we'll never give up as long as there's hope of survival."
He said more pumps were being installed Wednesday to speed up the draining.
Families of the trapped miners began arriving at the scene Wednesday morning, waiting for news.
Assisting in the rescue work, Liu Hunqiang, a villager from Yunhuqiao township in Xiangtan County, held a torchlight for rescuers transporting equipment down the shaft.
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