44 miners might be trapped in coal mine flooding in north China – Xinhua

From Xinhua (link):

It seems 44 miners have been trapped in a flooded coal mine in Zuoyun County, north China’s Shanxi Province, rescuers said Saturday night.

A total of 145 miners were working underground when the flooding accident took place on Thursday night, and 101 managed to escape, rescuers said.

Local safety authorities had reported earlier that five miners were trapped. In this sense, the actual situation of the accident was covered up, according to Gong Anku, head of the Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Work Safety.

See also Flood in China Coal Mine Traps 44 Miners by Joe McDonald, and Chinese coal mine accident traps 44 by Reuters

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