Three Rescued From Flooded Coal Mine in Southwest China
Guiyang, 12 September: Three of the 13 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine in southwest China's Guizhou Province two days ago, were rescued Monday morning, local government sources said.
The three miners were clear-minded and were rushed hospital.
Rescuers also recovered the bodies of six trapped miners and are searching for the four others who remain missing, said the sources with the provincial administration of workplace safety supervision.
The accident took place in the Dahao coal mine, in Fengcheng township of Tianzhu county, at about 1.40 p.m. [local time] Saturday, when 39 miners were working underground. Twenty-six miners managed to escape, but 13 others were trapped.