153 Trapped Underground in Colliery Flooding in Shanxi Province

153 people were trapped underground after an accident at an under-construction coal mine in North China's Shanxi province, according to officials from the rescue headquarters that has been set up at the site. Investigations reveal that 261 workers were working below ground at the Wangjialing Coal Mine when water gushed in at about 1.40 pm on March 28. Of those working belwo ground, 108 were lifted to safety while 153 others, workers from Shanxi, Hebei, Hunan and Guizhou provinces, remained trapped.

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Xinhua News Agency

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