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Nine found dead after China gold mine collapse

Published : Monday, 25 January, 2021 at 4:31 PM  Count : 472

One of the twenty-two Chinese miners is rescued from hundreds of meters underground where they had been trapped for two weeks after a gold mine explosion on Jan. 24, 2021. (AFP)

One of the twenty-two Chinese miners is rescued from hundreds of meters underground where they had been trapped for two weeks after a gold mine explosion on Jan. 24, 2021. (AFP)


Nine Chinese miners have been found dead a day after 11 of their colleagues were rescued after two weeks trapped in a gold mine in Shandong province, reports BBC.

The mayor of Yantai city was quoted by state broadcaster CCTV as confirming the deaths. One miner remains unaccounted for.

The miners became trapped in the Hushan mine when the entrance to the tunnel collapsed after a blast on 10 January.

There was joy on Sunday after the 11 were brought to the surface.

TV footage showed the first miner, who was blindfolded to protect his eyes from the light, being lifted out as emergency workers cheered.

About an hour after his rescue, 10 more miners were brought out from a different section of the mine. CCTV said one of them was injured.

Several others were seen walking by themselves, supported by rescue workers, before being transported to hospital.

"From Sunday afternoon to this afternoon, rescue workers have not stopped searching, and found a further nine trapped miners who unfortunately all died," Yantai Mayor Chen Fei told a briefing on Monday.

"Along with one miner who died on Thursday, the bodies of the nine deceased miners were all lifted out of the mine."

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