CHINA - Flooding traps 57 in China mine

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Monday, 22 May 2006,

04:14 GMT 05:14 UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flooding

traps 57 in China mine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rescuers have

brought pumping equipment to the scene

 

 

 

Rescuers

in China say they now believe that an estimated 57 coalminers are trapped underground

in a flooded mine in the northern province of Shanxi.

Chinese news agencies said on Sunday that 44 people were

trapped, but they have now increased this figure.

The accident happened on Thursday, when the mine was hit by a

sudden surge of floodwater.

Many of the miners managed to scramble clear, but others were

cut off by the rising water level.

Rescuers have rushed pumping equipment to the scene in an effort

to save the trapped miners.

Li Yizhong, director of the State Administration of Work Safety,

told Xinhua news agency that the miners were working in an area beyond the

approved limits when the accident happened.

The managers of the mine have also been accused of failing to

report the true size of the disaster.

To keep the extent of the accident hidden, relatives of missing

miners were driven by taxi out of Shanxi, " to prevent

them from rioting and speaking to the

press " , Xinhua said.

Nine managers have so far been detained, according to Xinhua.

Police are reportedly still hunting for the owner of the mine.

China's mines are among the

most dangerous in the world - more than 5,000 deaths are reported every year

in fires, floods and explosions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5003424.stm

 

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