During work on a coal mine in China’s Xinjiang region, part of the mine was flooded on Saturday evening. 21 miners are still in detention, eight have since been rescued. Chinese state media report that.
Due to the flooding of the mine, the electricity went out. The 29 miners were probably surprised by the water. Twelve of the 21 miners still detained have been located and are expected to be rescued on Sunday. Nine others have not yet been found. Rescue workers are still working.
Chinese mines are among the deadliest in the world. In January, ten gold miners were killed in an explosion at a mine in Shandong province.
In December last year, 23 people died when they became trapped in a mine southwest of Chongqing City. Three months earlier, 16 people were killed at another mine in the same area.
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