Death Toll Rises to 15 in Flooded E. China Mine

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Death Toll Rises to 15 in Flooded E. China Mine

Rescue workers have recovered a totalof 15 bodies from the flooded coal mine in east China's Shandong Province as of 5:00 p.m. Thursday.

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Rescue workers have recovered a totalof 15 bodies from the flooded coal mine in east China's Shandong Province as of 5:00 p.m. Thursday.

The coal mine was flooded on July 26, trapping 37 miners working underground. According to an earlier report, the disaster was caused by water in a surface pool leaking into the coal mine.

Currently, two miners have been saved while rescue efforts are still underway.

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