21 confirmed dead in north China coal mine flood
Source: AP
BEIJING (AP) — Search teams have recovered the bodies of 21 Chinese coal miners who died when the shaft where they were working filled with water, an official said Thursday.
After days of frantic rescue efforts following the accident Sunday, the final death toll of 21 was confirmed by a Datong city government official who gave only his surname, Meng. More than 600 rescuers had been working to pump water from the shaft and drill holes from the surface at the Jiangjiawan mine near the northern city of Datong.
A total of 247 miners were underground when water rushed into the shaft Sunday evening.
Of those, 223 people made it safely to the surface while three of those trapped were rescued and were recovering in hospital.
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In this April 22, 2015 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers transport relief materials into the Jiangjiawan mine near the northern city of Datong, China's Shanxi Province. Search teams have recovered the bodies of more than 20 Chinese coal miners who died when the shaft where they were working filled with water, an official said Thursday.(Yan Yan/Xinhua via AP)
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