21 Miners Still Trapped in Flooded Mine

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21 Miners Still Trapped in Flooded Mine

Twenty-one miners are still trapped beneath a flooded coalmine shaft in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, as rescue operations continue.

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Twenty-one miners are still trapped beneath a flooded coalmine shaft in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, as rescue operations continue.

Sources from the Henan provincial bureau for supervision of coal mine security said the flooding occurred at the Dongfeng CoalMine in Baiping Township, Dengfeng City, late last Sunday, and only a half of the 42 miners who were working beneath the shaft at the time escaped danger.

After the accident, officials from relevant provincial government departments rushed to the site to organize the rescue operations.

By now, the flooded water in the main corridor has been pumped out. Rescue workers have been busy reinforcing passages to safely rescue the trapped miners beneath the ground.

Dongfeng Coalmine is a township-run mine with a history of over10 years. The mine's legal representative, the leader of the miners, and other administrative personnel fled the site, making it difficult for rescue workers to know the underground situation of the mine.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

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