International / China's Qinghai coal mine flood kills 1 and strands 19

Zoom News : Aug 15, 2021, 08:28 PM

A group of 200 Chinese police, emergency people and specialists on Sunday had been looking to attain 19 coal miners trapped in a flooded mine withinside the northwestern Qinghai province. Rescuers have retrieved people already from the mine in Gangca county, one in all who has died, country media Xinhua News Agency mentioned on Saturday.


The mine became ordered via way of means of the province to forestall running and connect protection dangers on August 2, the nearby government stated in a press convention on Sunday, with paintings nevertheless underway.


A flood in April at a coal mine withinside northwestern Xinjiang place leftover dozen miners trapped. China's coal mines are a few of the world's deadliest, often struggling explosions and fuel line leaks no matter repeated protection crackdowns.

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