69 miners trapped in coalmine flooding (Xinhua) Updated: 2005-04-24 16:34
Sixty-nine miners were trapped in a flooding happening at a township-run coal
mine in Jiaohe City, northeast China's Jilin Province, on Sunday morning, local
sources said.
According to the sources, the 69 workers were working beneath the shaft of
Tengda Coal Mine, a township-run coal production business with license, when the
flooding occurred around 7 a.m., and have remained out of contact ever since
then.
Rescue operation is being carried out in a tense manner.
Cause of the flooding is under investigation.
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