Rescuers still draining flood mine
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March 4, 2010, Thursday
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RESCUERS were still draining a flooded coal mine in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region yesterday, hoping to rescue 31 trapped miners who have been in the pit for more than 50 hours.
Officials with the emergency rescue headquarters refused to speculate on the miners' survival chances.
Two pumps have been working at the site since Tuesday, draining about 435 cubic meters of flood water an hour, a spokesman said at midday yesterday.
Wu Qingfeng said 6,000 cubic meters of flood water had been pumped from the pit, and the underground water level had stopped rising.
An estimated 100,000 cubic meters of water poured into the pit of Luotuoshan Coal Mine in Wuhai City, about 600 kilometers from the regional capital Hohhot, following a flood on Monday.
Officials with the emergency rescue headquarters refused to speculate on the miners' survival chances.
Two pumps have been working at the site since Tuesday, draining about 435 cubic meters of flood water an hour, a spokesman said at midday yesterday.
Wu Qingfeng said 6,000 cubic meters of flood water had been pumped from the pit, and the underground water level had stopped rising.
An estimated 100,000 cubic meters of water poured into the pit of Luotuoshan Coal Mine in Wuhai City, about 600 kilometers from the regional capital Hohhot, following a flood on Monday.
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