Dozens of people remained missing on Friday following a collapse at a coal mine in northern China that killed six, state media reported.A rescue operation involving hundreds of workers was ongoing.
ALXA LEAGUE, China Work crews trying to find 47 people missing after a collapse at an open-pit mine in northern China have had to change their excavation methods to avoid causing more landslides, state media reported Friday.
Rescuers with backhoes and bulldozers are digging through tons of earth and rubble for 48 people missing after a landslide buried an open-pit mine in northern China. State broadcaster CCTV says the confirmed death toll in the disaster rose to five. Conditions in the area remain dangerous, and the search had to be suspended for several hours after a second landslide at the gigantic facility in Inner Mongolia’s Alxa League. On Thursday afternoon, more than a dozen bulldozers, trucks, SUVs and fire engines were seen passing through a police checkpoint about 15 miles from the mine.