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8 rescued at landslides blocked mine entrance in SW China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-09-26 20:03

GUIYANG - All eight miners were rescued Sunday afternoon 13 hours after rain-triggered landslides blocked the entrance to a manganese mine in southwest China's Guizhou Province.

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Heavy rains washed 2,000 cubic meters of mud and rock down mountains near the mine in Songtao county early Sunday.

By 4 am, the debris had barricaded the only passage leading into and out of the mine, stranding the eight miners who were working in the mine, said Wang Qimin, head of the county's work safety inspection bureau.

The miners were saved at about 4:50 pm after more than 100 rescuers dug a tunnel amid the debris, Wang said.

Medical check-ups showed all the miners were in good condition, he said.