21 miners trapped after Xinjiang coal mine accident: Official media

Eight miners have been rescued and 21 stay trapped in a coal mine that flooded in northwest China’s Xinjiang area, Chinese state information company Xinhua reported on Sunday, citing a neighborhood emergency division.
Part of the mine flooded resulting in energy outages simply after 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) on Saturday when 29 miners had been working on the mine positioned in Xinjiang’s Hutubi county, the report stated.
In a separate report, state media outlet Global Times stated 12 of the miners who stay trapped have been positioned within the mine as of Sunday and are anticipated to be rescued, whereas an additional 9 staff haven’t been positioned.
Chinese mines are among the many deadliest on the earth.
Ten gold miners had been confirmed lifeless in January following an explosion in a mine in China’s coastal Shandong province.

In December, 23 folks had been killed after being trapped in a mine within the southwestern metropolis of Chongqing. Three months earlier, 16 folks died in a separate coal mine in the identical space.

State media on Sunday stated rescue efforts within the Xinjiang mine had been ongoing.