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8 trapped workers rescued in SW China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-06 21:33
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GUIYANG: The eight workers who were trapped Friday in a collapsed railway tunnel in southwestern Guizhou province were rescued Saturday afternoon.
Rescuers drilled a shaft leading to the trapped workers and took them out from the tunnel. The eight people are in good health conditions and can walk with the help of the rescuers.
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The workers were constructing the second line of Liupanshui-Zhanyi section of the Guiyang-Kunming railway when the tunnel collapsed at 1:26 am Friday, said Long Qiufang, secretary-general of the Liupanshui city government.
The 639-kilometer railway links Guiyang, capital of Guizhou, with Kunming, capital of southwestern Yunnan province. It was built in the 1960s and was put into operation in December 1970.
