综合一区欧美国产,99国产麻豆免费精品,九九精品黄色录像,亚洲激情青青草,久久亚洲熟妇熟,中文字幕av在线播放,国产一区二区卡,九九久久国产精品,久久精品视频免费

   

181 trapped in flooded coal mines in East China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-08-18 15:10


Rescuers take a rest outside a flooded coal mine in Xintai City, East China's Shandong Province, Aug. 18, 2007. One hundred and seventy-two miners were trapped in a flooded coal mine in Xintai, authoritative sources said on Saturday morning. [Xinhua]

XINTAI, Shandong Province -- One hundred and seventy-two miners were trapped in a flooded coal mine in east China's Shandong province, authoritative sources said on Saturday morning.

The flooding occurred at around 2:30 p.m. Friday in the coal mine of Huayuan Mining Co. Ltd (formerly known as Zhangzhuang coalmine) in Xintai City, about 150 kilometers south of Jinan, Shandong's capital.

A total of 756 miners were working underground at the time of the flooding and 584 managed to escape after the accident, Xu Qinyu, general manager of the company said on Saturday morning.

Downpours hit the area Friday with a precipitation of 205 millimeters, triggering flash flood and a 50-meter breach of a levee of the Wen river in the region.

Floodwater from the Wen river swamped the coal mine via an old shaft. A 100-millimeter rainfall Saturday night worsened the flooding situation. The rain ended around 7 a.m. Saturday.

By 8:50 a.m., the working places under the mine have been all inundated, according to the rescue headquarters.

Wang Ziqi, director of the Shandong coal mine safety administration, said the trapped miners had only slim chances of survival.

Most of the trapped people were from rural areas in Tai'an City and surrounding areas, said Wang Junmin, vice governor of Shandong.

About 2,000 Chinese People's Liberation Army troops, armed police and miners have closed up a 30-meter section of the breached levee of the Wen river by midday Saturday.

The closure of the breach is crucial to the rescue efforts and it will stop water from continuing to flow into the mine, according to rescuers.

Floodwater at the breach site has risen to two meters high, inundating trees near the bank.

Zhang Yulin, a worker with a nearby coal mine, said he was called up to close the breached levee around 3 a.m. Saturday with others.

Meanwhile, more than 50 workers were busy installing pipes to pump water from the flooded shaft.

The rescue headquarters has ordered all coal mines near the banks of the Wen River to stop production and evacuate all workers.

Residents in the low-lying areas downstream were also told to be ready to evacuate to prevent casualties.

In a separate accident in Xintai, nine people were trapped in the Minggong coal mine after it flooded because of the rainstorms.

Ninety-five people were working underground when the accident happened. Eight-six have been lifted alive. Rescue work is underway.

Li Yizhong, director of the Administration of Work Safety and Zhao Tiechui, director of the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety, have rushed to the site to oversee rescue efforts.

The work safety watchdog issued on Saturday an emergency notice urging coal mines to draw lessons from the Huayuan mine accident and immediately take preventive measures against rainstorm-triggered floods.

Huayuan Mining Co. Ltd is a licensed enterprise with an annual capacity of 750,000 tons.

      1   2   3     


Top China News  
Today's Top News  
Most Commented/Read Stories in 48 Hours
鹿邑县| 奈曼旗| 始兴县| 沿河| 津市市| 沅江市| 营山县| 天门市| 乌拉特中旗| 增城市| 阜城县| 东山县| 罗江县| 唐海县| 松滋市| 望都县| 许昌市| 定西市| 卢龙县| 开封县| 乌拉特前旗| 定州市| 宝鸡市| 沙洋县| 响水县| 温州市| 临潭县| 五家渠市| 弥勒县| 招远市| 曲麻莱县| 成武县| 朝阳市| 大埔县| 卓尼县| 区。| 武定县| 凯里市| 靖西县| 兴城市| 措美县|