Casualties Increase to 15 in China's Flooded Coalmine

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Casualties Increase to 15 in China's Flooded Coalmine

Another miner's body was found late Sunday in the flooded coalmine shaft in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, increasing the casualty number to 15.

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Another miner's body was found late Sunday in the flooded coalmine shaft in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, increasing the casualty number to 15.

The search is continuing for six other miners who are still trapped beneath the shaft, although the possibility of finding them alive is diminishing, said rescue workers.

The flooding occurred at the Dongfeng Coal Mine, Baiping Township, late last Sunday, and only a half of the 42 miners who were working beneath the shaft at the time escaped.

A preliminary investigation showed that the accident might havebeen caused by flooding from a neighboring coal mine when the separating wall collapsed. About 2,000 cubic meters of water is estimated to have flooded into the mine.

Among the dead miners that have been found, eight are locals, five from central China's Hubei Province, one from southwestern Sichuan Province and one from Yanshi County of Henan.

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