11 miners missing in northwest China's flooded coal mine
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24/04/2016
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China Daily
XI'AN - Eleven miners were missing in a coal mine flooding accident Monday in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, authorities said.
The accident happened around 8 am at Zhaojin Coal Mine in Yaozhou district in the city of Tongchuan, when 67 workers were in the shaft, said a spokesman with the Tongchuan city government.
Fifty-six of them managed to escape and rescuers were rushing to find the missing.