Hopes fade for 102 trapped miners in Guangdong
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2005-08-07 21:46

Chances for the survival of the 102 trapped miners were slim as water kept rising in a flooded coal mine in South China's Guangdong province, Xinhua News Agency reported Monday.

Rescuers set up pumps during a rescue mission at the Daxing Colliery in Huanghuai township in Xingning city in South China's Guangdong province August 8, 2005. [newsphoto]

Experts estimated 15 million to 20 million cubic meter of water had flooded into the tunnel of a private coal mine under the name of Daxing, which is located at the Wanghuai Town of Meizhou City.

The water level was rising by 50 cubic meter per hour, Xinhua said.

At present, two pumps are pumping water from the mine shaft and three others are being installed.

The province has sought help with the neighboring regions, and Jiangxi Province, one of its close neighbors, has sent two big horse-power water pumps.

However, experts found it was hard to locate where the water comes from, which adds difficulties to the effort to find the cause of the accident.

More than 600 people were engaged in the rescue operations.

The accident occurred at 1:30 p.m. Sunday when 106 miners were working in the tunnel about 480 meters underground. Only four escaped from the flooded site.

One of the four is hospitalized, and work is underway to identify the trapped miners.

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