Forty-two miners were trapped beneath the ground when a coal mine in Xin'an County, central China's Henan Province, was flooded at 11:40 PM Friday.

Information from Henan Provincial Bureau of Coal Industry said altogether 48 miners were working underground as the flooding took place late Friday night at Sigou Coal Mine in Shisi Township of Xin'an, a county northwest to Luoyang City.

Only six miners escaped the site of the flooding.

Rescue for the miners trapped in the coal mine is being carried out.

(Xinhua News Agency December 3, 2005)