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30 trapped in south China mine
2008-07-22
BEIJING - Twenty miners have escaped or been rescued from a flooded coal mine in southern China but six have died and 30 remain trapped, a state-run news agency said Tuesday. Xinhua News Agency said 56 miners were trapped when the Nadu mine in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region flooded late Monday afternoon, but seven managed to escape. Six were confirmed dead Tuesday afternoon, it said. Another 13 were rescued, Guo Shengkun, secretary of the regional Communist Party Committee, was quoted as saying. Xinhua said rescuers had made contact with 12 of the trapped miners, and were trying to send water and food to them. They are trapped 2,000 yards below the surface, it said. There has been no contact with the other 24 miners. China's mines are the world's deadliest, with explosions, cave-ins and floods killing nearly 3,800 people last year. The Nadu mine opened in 2003 and chief mine engineer Huang Zhao told Xinhua that its ventilation, drainage and lift facilities complied with regulations.
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