45 trapped miners rescued from Chinese coal mine
November 5th, 2011 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANSBeijing, Nov 5 (IANS) Rescuers Saturday pulled out the last of the 45 surviving miners who were trapped for 40 hours following an accident at a central Chinese coal mine that left eight dead.
The last miner was seen waving his hands to the rescue team at 11.45 a.m. as he walked out of the Qianqiu Coal Mine, reported Xinhua.
A rock burst occurred in the Qianqiu Coal Mine in the city of Sanmenxia, Henan province, following a 2.9-magnitude earthquake Thursday evening. A rock burst is a sudden violent fracture of rocks in a mine.
Of the 75 miners working in the shaft when the accident happened, 14 managed to escape and four were confirmed dead soon after accident. The remaining 57 workers were stranded in the mine.
Eight workers were rescued Friday and four bodies were found, taking up the toll to eight.
The coal mine, with an annual production capacity of 2.1 million tonnes, belongs to Yima Coal Group, a major state-owned coal enterprise in Henan.
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