Beijing, April 25 (IANS) Eleven miners were trapped in a flooded coal mine on Monday in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi, one of the main coal production centres in the country.
The accident occurred around 8 a.m. in the Zhaojin coal mine in the city of Tongchuan, while 67 miners were working inside the shaft, Xinhua news agency reported.
Fifty-six workers escaped the flooded mine.
Rescue operations are underway.
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