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| Rescue teams attempting to reach 153 miners trapped in a flooded coal pit in China have heard signs of life from inside, state media has reported. | Rescue teams attempting to reach 153 miners trapped in a flooded coal pit in China have heard signs of life from inside, state media has reported. |
| The rescuers heard what sounded like people banging on pipes at the pit in northern Shanxi province colliery, five days after it flooded, CCTV said. | The rescuers heard what sounded like people banging on pipes at the pit in northern Shanxi province colliery, five days after it flooded, CCTV said. |
| More than 100 people managed to escape the flood but the rest were trapped. | More than 100 people managed to escape the flood but the rest were trapped. |
| Earlier this week, officials said lax safety and ignored danger warnings were to blame for the disaster. | Earlier this week, officials said lax safety and ignored danger warnings were to blame for the disaster. |
| A CCTV reporter said the teams had heard "a continuous tapping sound coming up a dredge pipe" at the Wangjialing pit. | |
| "Everyone was really excited as it showed that efforts were not in vain," said the reporter. | |
| Another rescuer told the Associated Press news agency there were unconfirmed reports voices had also been heard. | |
| Officials said the flood happened when miners broke through an old shaft filled with water. | |
| Most of those reported to be trapped were migrant workers from Shanxi, Hebei, Hunan and Guizhou provinces, said the Xinhua news agency. | |
| On Wednesday, China's State Administration of Work Safety said the state-run 180-sq-km (70-sq-mile) mine had been overcrowded and managers had ignored reports of water leaking into the tunnels. | |
| It said the mine's operators had "violated regulations and policies during the work process" and failed to follow the rules for preventing water leaks. |