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1 body found, 11 remain trapped in flooded mine

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-06-01 09:01

GUIYANG - Rescuers have found the body of one miner at a flooded coal mine in Southwest China where 11 others are still trapped, according to the rescue mission headquarters early Wednesday.

Relatives of trapped miners cry outside a flooded coal mine in Jinyang new district of Guiyang city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, May 29, 2011. [Photo/CFP]

The body was found at around 10 pm Tuesday, more than 60 hours after the accident occurred at Fuhong Coal Mine in Jinyang new district of Guiyang city, Guizhou province.

Rescuers are continuing to remove the sludge in the flooded shaft, and the rest 11 trapped miners still have survival chances but high density of gas has hampered the progress of the rescue mission, said Pu Jianjiang, chief of the provincial safety supervisory management bureau.

An initial investigation indicated that the mine failed to follow an approved design in production, which caused the accident.