16 Chinese miners trapped in flooded mine
The accident occurred at a mine that is one of the licensed mines in Heilongjiang province.
Authorities in China's Heilongjiang province said on December 2 that 16 miners were trapped underground when the mine they were working in flooded on the night of December 1.
A mine collapse in China's Heilongjiang (Photo: Xinhua)
According to the source, the accident occurred at around 11:40 p.m. on December 1 (local time) at a coal mine in Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province. At the time the water flooded into the mine, 22 workers were working, 6 of whom were lucky enough to escape to the surface. Local authorities have dispatched rescue forces to the mine and pumped water out of the mine.
Local authorities also said that the accident occurred at a licensed mine in Heilongjiang Province, one of the areas with the most illegal coal mines in China.
In September, there were consecutive mine fires and floods in Heilongjiang, all of which were operating illegally./.
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