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21 coal miners trapped underground in SW China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-07-02 16:01

Rescuers try to approach the shaft where 21 miners were trapped in Pingtang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province July 2nd, 2011.  [Photo/Xinhua]

GUIYANG - Twenty-one miners were trapped underground after a coal mine in Pingtang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, was flooded on Saturday morning, said an official with the county government.

The accident occurred at about 9:30 am when 29 miners were working at two shafts of Niupeng Mine. Eight workers have already been back to the ground safely, the official said.

The rescue work is under way.