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32 Chinese miners rescued from underground flood
Rescuers wokers in central China rescued 32 out of 34 miners who had been trapped by an underground flood, state media said on Tuesday, in a rare piece of good news from the world's deadliest mining industry.
- Agencies
- Published: 08:06 November 18, 2008
Beijing: Rescuers wokers in central China rescued 32 out of 34 miners who had been trapped by an underground flood, state media said on Tuesday.
One man died and another is still missing, the official Xinhua news agency said, after the flood hit the colliery in Henan province.
"The rescued miners, all in poor health condition, were immediately rushed to a local hospital," the report said.
The mine had been operating illegally and the owner has been detained, it added.
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