All 8 miners rescued after gas outburst in northeast China (3)

Rescuers transfer a miner to an ambulance from the site of a coal mine accident in Jixi City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, June 6, 2021. All the eight miners trapped in a coal mine after a coal and gas outburst in Jixi City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have been lifted to the ground, rescuers said Sunday. The accident took place around 12:07 p.m. Saturday in the coal mine operated by the Jixi branch of the Longmay Mining Holding Group Co. Ltd., when the eight miners were working underground. Around 8:00 p.m., all the eight miners were lifted to the ground and sent to a hospital for physical examination. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)