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- Rescuers were working on Sunday (Apr 11) to reach 21 workers trapped in a coal mine in northwest China’s Xinjiang region after flooding cut power underground and disrupted communications, state media reported.
- The accident happened in Fengyuan coal mine in Hutubi County on Saturday evening, when staff members were carrying out upgrading works at the site, the official Xinhua news agency said.
- Eight of the 29 workers who were at the scene have been rescued from the mine, according to preliminary reports.
- Rescuers have located the miners, with 12 on one platform, eight on a second platform, and the last worker in an escape route where water had entered, broadcaster CCTV reported.
- Mining accidents are common in China, where the industry has a poor safety record and regulations are often weakly enforced.
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Source: Channel News Asia