The bodies of five trapped coal miners in a flooded mine have been
discovered in Wuhai, a city in north China's Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region.
According to local sources, the leak occurred around 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday when seven miners were working underground, but two managed
to escape.
The coal mine, with a production capacity of 30,000 tons a year,
was privately owned.
It
is situated near five deserted small coal mines, which were full of
water because of the heavy rain. The water burst through the wall
of one of the deserted mines and flooded the working mine.
(Xinhua News Agency July 26, 2003)
