Rescue operation has made little progress at the flooded coal
mine in southern Guangdong
Province, which trapped 123 miners, the rescue headquarters
said Friday.
Rescuers have not found more clues about the rest 122 missing
miners while water continues gushing into the tunnels, according to
the headquarters.
The water level in the tunnel would not drop obviously until
more water pumps put into use, said Wang Haisheng, an engineer at
the site, adding the narrow tunnels caused great troubles to
install the pumps.
Local government has started to organize the family members of
the trapped miners to provide blood sample for DNA test on
Friday.
The accident occurred at 1:30?PM on Sunday in the Daxing
Coal Mine of Ningxing City, Guangdong. 123 miners were reported
missing. Only four escaped. One miner's body was recovered on
Wednesday morning.
Violation of safety production rules has been blamed as the main
cause of the accident. 11 people, including the owner, manager,
board chairman and chief technician of the Daxing Coal Mine, were
caught attempting to flee after the accident.
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(Xinhua News Agency August 13, 2005)