6 rescued, 18 trapped in Henan coal mine

Six miners were pulled out of a flooded coal mine in Henan province yesterday but 18 of their fellow workers were still trapped underground.

Rescuers said 62 miners were carrying out maintenance work when water gushed into the Renhe Coal Mine in Changzhuang, Yuzhou city, around 5:45 am yesterday. Thirty-eight of the miners, however, managed to escape.

"The six rescued miners are not seriously injured," a spokesman for the rescue headquarters said. "But they have been taken to hospital for observation."