Twelve of the 21 people trapped in a flooded coal mine in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Saturday were located on Sunday morning and have a good chance of survival, according to a China Central Television report. The other nine have not been located.
Around 6:10 pm Saturday, a coalmine in Hutubi County, Changji Prefecture of Xinjiang encountered a sudden flood while in the process of technical transformation, resulting in underground power outages and communication interruptions.
The accident occurred on Saturday evening when 29 miners were working at the mine in Hutubi county, in the Changji Hui autonomous prefecture, the report said.
Twenty-one miners are trapped in a flooded coalmine in northwest China's Xinjiang region, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, citing a local emergency department.
China News: BEIJING: Rescuers were working Sunday to reach 21 workers trapped in a coal mine in northwest China's Xinjiang region after flooding cut power undergr.