China: Trapped Miners All Rescued in Liaoning Coal Mine Cave- In
Posted on: Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 09:00 CST
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)
Fuxin, Liaoning, 21 February: All seven miners who were trapped in a coal mine cave-in in northeast China's Liaoning Province on 18 February were rescued and hoisted to the ground early on Tuesday [21 February].
They were hurried into the ambulances parking near the entrance of the coal mine and will receive further health checkups at a local hospital, an official in charge of the rescue operation told Xinhua.
A cave-in occurred at around 7.45 p.m. [local time] on 18 February in Aiyou Coal Mine affiliated to Fuxin Mining Group Co Ltd of Liaoning Province, trapping seven miners who were working at the underground passage.
Rescuers dug a separate tunnel to facilitate the rescue operation.
With the help of a newly installed conveyer belt, the rescue workers built a 29-meter-long tunnel connecting to the location where the trapped miners stayed and eventually found the miners around 3.50 a.m. on Tuesday.
Cause of the accident is under further investigation.
Source: BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific
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