Chinese mines are among the deadliest in the world - Eight miners rescued, 21 Miners trapped after Xinjiang coal mine accident
According to Chinese state news agency Xinhua, which cited a local emergency department, eight miners have been rescued and 21 remain trapped in a flooded coal mine in northwest China's Xinjiang province.
A part of the mine flooded leading to power outages just after 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) on Saturday when 29 miners were working at the mine located in Xinjiang’s Hutubi county, the report said.
According to a separate report by the state-run Global Times, 12 of the trapped miners were found on Sunday and are supposed to be rescued, while another nine workers are yet to be found.
Chinese mines are among the most deadliest on the world.
Following an explosion in a mine in China's coastal Shandong province in January, ten gold miners were reported dead.
In December, 23 people were killed after being trapped in a mine in Chongqing, China's southwestern capital. A separate coal mine in the same area had killed 16 people three months prior.
On Sunday, state media reported that rescue operations in the Xinjiang mine were still progress.
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