Rescuers wait outside the Xinqiao coal
mine in Qinglong County in southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 18,
2009. Fifteen miners were trapped after a flooding occurred at around 4
p.m. June 17 at the Xinqiao coal mine in Qinglong County, when 30 people
were working underground. Rescue work is continuing, and cause of the
accident is being investigated. (Xinhua/Huang Yong)
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GUIYANG, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The number of miners
trapped in a flooded southwest China coal mine has risen to 15, said work safety
authorities Thursday.
The flooding occurred at around 4 p.m. Wednesday at
the Xinqiao coal mine in Qinglong County, Guizhou Province, when 30 people were
working underground, said an official with the Guizhou Provincial Work Safety
Administration.
Fifteen escaped unharmed.
Rescuers carry a pumping machine to the
Xinqiao coal mine in Qinglong County in southwest China's Guizhou
Province, June 18, 2009. (Xinhua/Huang Yong)
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Rescuers said the volume of floodwater was estimated
at 1,000 to 3,000 cubic meters.
Rescue work is continuing, and cause of the accident
is being investigated.
The mine has a designed capacity of 150,000 tonnes.
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