Rescuers pump out water to save 13 trapped in mine
By Zhou Huiying and Xu Wei | China Daily | Updated: 2011-10-14 07:54
Workers lay water pipes on Thursday to rescue 13 miners trapped underground when a coal mine in Jidong county of Heilongjiang province flooded on Tuesday. Wang Kai / Xinhua |
JIXI, Heilongjiang - China's safety watchdog said on Thursday that a mine owner failed to inform local authorities about a flood on Tuesday that trapped 13 miners in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province.
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