Race on to find trapped miners
By Xiang Mingchao and Li Yuefeng | China Daily | Updated: 2010-03-23 07:50
BIYANG, Henan - Rescuers have been racing against time to locate 11 miners who have been trapped in a flooded mine in Central China's Henan province since early Monday morning.
The accident happened at about midnight when a mine controlled by the Shunda Mining Co Ltd in Biyang county of Zhumadian city was flooded, an official of Zhumadian city government said.
Rescue work began immediately and an investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.
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