16 trapped in Gansu coal mine accident
Updated: 2012-09-25 09:22
(Xinhua)
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BEIJING - Sixteen miners were trapped in a coal mine accident early Tuesday morning in Northwest China's Gansu province, the latest local sources said.
The accident occurred when a steel rope carrying an elevator broke in the mine in the city of Baiyin.
Thirty-two miners were in the elevator when the accdident happened. Now 16 have been lifted out of the mine.
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