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| China flooding 'traps 123 miners' | |
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| At least 123 coal miners are trapped after a pit flooded in China's northern Shanxi province, state media says. | |
| Some 261 people were in the mine when water rushed in and 138 managed to escape, the Xinhua news agency reports. | |
| China's mines are the most deadly in the world - thousands of workers are killed in them every year. | China's mines are the most deadly in the world - thousands of workers are killed in them every year. |
| Most accidents are blamed on failures to follow safety rules, resulting in a lack of required ventilation or fire-control equipment. | |
| Initial reports from the Wangjialing mine in Shanxi province suggested more than 150 people remained trapped in the pit but officials later revised that number down. | |
| A rescue operation is under way at the mine, which covers 70 square miles (180 sq km), Xinhua reports. | |
| Earlier this month, rescue efforts for 31 miners trapped when a coal mine flooded in the Inner Mongolia region of China were halted after two weeks when no sign of life was found. | |
| According to official figures, 2,631 coal miners died in 1,616 mine accidents in China in 2009, down 18% from the previous year. |