Miner Rescued From Flooded Colliery in East China, Nine Still Missing

Miner rescued from flooded colliery in east China, nine still missing

LE’AN, Jiangxi, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — A miner was rescued Wednesday, but the search continues for nine others missing three days after flooding in a coal mine in east China’s Jiangxi Province.

The rescued miner, Huang Guigen, 45, was making noises in the tunnel and crying for help when he was found at 2:30 p.m., said rescuers.

The flooding that occurred around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday at Lingxian coal mine, a township-owned mine in Le’an County of central Jiangxi, trapped 10 people including Huang.

Huang, who was able to talk and walk after being trapped for 83hours, said he was working alone when the flooding occurred and the area he was in was not flooded.

Rescuers said six trapped miners who were working on the same working surface could still be alive, but the situation of the other three was still unknown.

More than 100 rescuers are still searching for the nine trappedminers.

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