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12 trapped in flooded NE China colliery

(Xinhua) Updated: 2015-07-21 16:19

HARBIN - Twelve miners are trapped in a coal mine in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province after it flooded late on Monday afternoon.

The flood inundated the mine in Xing'an district of Hegang city, a major Chinese coal producer, at around 5 pm, the city government's publicity department told Xinhua.

Rescuers are trying to reach the trapped miners.

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