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Working Team Arrives at C. China County for Resuce Operation, Disaster Relief

Posted on: Sunday, 4 December 2005, 09:00 CST

Working team arrives at C. China county for resuce operation, disaster relief

XIN'AN, Henan, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A 14-member working team arrived Saturday afternoon at Xin'an County in central China's Henan Province to coordinate and organize the rescue operation and disaster relief work of the fatal coal mine flooding accident.

The working team is headed by Liang Jiakun, vice director of the State Administration of Work Safety and Wang Shuhe, vice director of the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety Supervision.

The privately-run Sigou Coal Mine encountered a flooding tragedy at 11:40 p.m. Friday.

As of Saturday evening, whereabouts of 42 miners who were working in the mine remained unknown.

Liang said the senior officials of the State Council showed great concerns over the flooding accident and ordered a rapid rescue operation and disaster relief.

The official asked the local government to make a complete rescue plan while guaranteeing the life safety of the rescuers.

He added that the local government must deal with the aftermath including compensation as quickly as possible.

By press time, more than 200 rescuers are performing round-the- clock rescue operation in search of the trapped miners and investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.

Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS

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