Six found dead in deserted mine in North China

TAIYUAN -- Six people have been confirmed dead in a deserted mine in North China's Shanxi province, local authorities said Monday.

At 3:54 am on Monday, the public security bureau of Jiangxian county of Yuncheng city received a report from a person surnamed Li who said that six people went to a suspected mine on around Dec 23 and they could not be contacted.

After receiving the report, city and county-level governments immediately dispatched rescuers to the site. They found the six people in the deserted mine at around 3:40 pm Monday.

At around 5:40 pm on Monday, they were all confirmed dead by on-site medics.

Further investigation is underway.