Official: 12 trapped in China coal mine flood

USA Today Sunday 29th May, 2011

A staffer from the Guizhou provincial coal mine safety bureau confirmed that there had been a flood on Sunday morning at the Fuhong coal mine in the city of Guiyang. The staffer would only give his surname, Zhang, as is typical for officials. Zhang says rescuers were at the mine, and the cause of the flood was under investigation. The official Xinhua News Agency says one of the 12 miners was rescued Sunday afternoon, but Zhang could not immediately confirm this.

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