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Colliery flooding traps 6 underground in SW China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-19 19:18
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GUIYANG - Six people were trapped underground after a coal mine was flooded Friday morning in southwestern China's Guizhou province, according to local government.
The flooding accident happened at around 7:20 am Friday at Kexing Coal Mine in Sayu town of Anlong county, Southwestern Guizhou Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, when 30 people were working underground.
Twenty-four people escaped unharmed, and the remaining six were trapped underground.
Rescue work is under way and cause of the accident is being investigated.
