Coal Mine Flooding Leaves Seven Miners Dead in Southwest China
Posted on: Friday, 10 March 2006, 09:00 CST
Coal mine flooding leaves seven miners dead in southwest China
KUNMING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Seven miners were killed and three more injured in a coal mine flooding that took place in Xuanwei City, Southwest China's Yunnnan Province, on Thursday, local sources said.
The flooding occurred just minutes past zero hour of Thursday when 10 miners were working beneath the shaft at the Zhongcun Coal Mine of Geyi Township, Xuanwei.
Only three of them were rescued alive, with varying degrees of injuries.
The injured are now hospitalized.
The cause of the coal mine flooding is under further investigation.
Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
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