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Coal mine flooding traps 17 workers in Gansu
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-05-24 17:14
A total of 17 workers were trapped in a coal mine hit by flooding Sunday
afternoon in Gansu Province, officials said.
Twenty-nine miners were working in Wutao Coal Mine in Shandan County when the
accident happened at 1:30 p.m. and 12 were rescued.
A group of officials and experts headed by Deputy Governor Yang Zhiming have
rushed to the site for rescue operations, and investigation into the cause of
the accident is underway.
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