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21 trapped in third China mine accident in 24 hours
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-10-30 15:13 ZHENGZHOU - Twenty-one miners were trapped after a coal mine flooded in central China's Henan Province. It was the third major mine accident in China on Wednesday.
The licensed mine has an annual production capacity of 150,000 tonnes. The accident brings the number of miners trapped in three separate coal mine accidents to 57. Rescuers are working to free seven miners trapped in another mine flood in Shanxi Province, while 29 miners are believed to be trapped after a gas explosion in a pit in neighboring Shaanxi Province. |