GUIYANG - Five miners were trapped after a coal and gas outburst at a colliery in Southwest China's Guizhou province Saturday morning, local authorities said.
The accident happened at 2 am, when 50 miners were working underground at Huangshuiba coal mine in Yumo township of Jinsha county. Forty-five of them were lifted out safely, with two of them seriously injured, according to local authorities.
Rescue work and investigations are underway.