Rescuers work to no cost 21 trapped found in flooded China mine
Rescuers were functioning Sunday to attain 21 employees trapped in a good coal mine found in northwest China’s Xinjiang area after flooding cut power underground and disrupted communications, state media reported.
The accident took place in Fengyuan coal mine in Hutubi County on Saturday evening, when personnel were carrying out upgrading works at the site, the state Xinhua news agency said.
Eight of the 29 employees who were at the scene have been rescued from the mine, according to preliminary reports.
Rescuers had ascertained the positioning of 12 of the 21 trapped miners, broadcaster CCTV said, but it was unclear found in they were in the same location.
These were trying to pump water from the flooded shaft and have been piping air into the mine.
Pipes were appearing laid but the pumping operation would end up being challenging, CCTV said.
Mining accidents are common in China, where in fact the industry has a poor safety track record and regulations are often weakly enforced.
In January, 22 employees were trapped in a mine in east China’s Shandong province after an explosion damaged the entrance, leaving staff stuck underground for about two weeks.
Eleven men were pulled away alive, 10 passed away and one miner remained unaccounted for.
In December, 23 miners died after being trapped underground in the southwest city of Chongqing - just months after 16 other folks died from carbon monoxide poisoning at another coal mine in the city.
