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Rain halts efforts to rescue 122 coal miners
By Qiu Quanlin (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-08-15 05:26
A violation of safety production rules has been identified as the main cause
of the accident.
The local government announced yesterday that a special fund of about 1.8
million yuan (US$222,000) will be earmarked for miners who work in the Daxing
Coal Mine.
"The money will mainly be allocated to miners, including those trapped, to
pay their salaries and for work safety insurance fees," said Li.
However, Li said the final compensation for the trapped miners has not been
decided as the main job at the moment was to "try everything to save them."
Local police have started collecting DNA samples from the families of the
trapped men, according to Li.
"It has been done in preparation to identify the 'bodies' of miners if they
are found," said Li.
Experts said hopes of finding any survivors among the 122 missing miners was
almost zero after more than eight days underground in the
mineshaft.
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