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A coal miner walks out of a flooded mine shaft with the help of rescuers in Henan Province today. Rescuers saved 33 coal miners from the shaft at Gaomendong Coal Mine in Jiaxian County of Pingdingshan City. One miner was confirmed dead. Police have detained the mine owner.
A coal miner walks out of a flooded mine shaft with the help of rescuers in Henan Province today. Rescuers saved 33 coal miners from the shaft at Gaomendong Coal Mine in Jiaxian County of Pingdingshan City. One miner was confirmed dead. Police have detained the mine owner.
Rescuers save 33 at flooded mine in Henan
Created: 2008-11-18 10:13:41, Updated: 2008-11-18 10:41:52
Author:Tom Qian
RESCUE workers saved 33 coal miners from a flooded mine shaft in central China's Henan Province today.
According to Xinhua news agency, the miners had been saved as of 6:03am at Gaomendong Coal Mine in Jiaxian County of Pingdingshan City.
ONE miner was confirmed dead and authorities have detained the mine owner for questioning over illegal exploitation, according to the report.
Wang Dexue, deputy director of the national work safety administration, is overseeing the investigation into the cause of the flood.
The accident happened when 42 people were working underground and the mineshaft flooded. Eight escaped while the other 34 miners were trapped, the report said.
The Gaomendong Coal Mine is a legal colliery with an annual capacity of 60,000 tons, according to an earlier press release from the provincial government.
There are more than 20 coalmines near the Gaomendong mine. The flood was the third coalmine accident in Henan in less than three weeks.
According to Xinhua news agency, the miners had been saved as of 6:03am at Gaomendong Coal Mine in Jiaxian County of Pingdingshan City.
ONE miner was confirmed dead and authorities have detained the mine owner for questioning over illegal exploitation, according to the report.
Wang Dexue, deputy director of the national work safety administration, is overseeing the investigation into the cause of the flood.
The accident happened when 42 people were working underground and the mineshaft flooded. Eight escaped while the other 34 miners were trapped, the report said.
The Gaomendong Coal Mine is a legal colliery with an annual capacity of 60,000 tons, according to an earlier press release from the provincial government.
There are more than 20 coalmines near the Gaomendong mine. The flood was the third coalmine accident in Henan in less than three weeks.
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