Workers Trapped In Flooded Mine In Shanxi
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2021-12-16 HKT 15:28
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Authorities in Shanxi province were on Thursday in a race against time to try to rescue 22 people trapped in a flooded coal mine.
Authorities there blamed illegal mining for the incident.
According to Xinhua News Agency, it happened on Wednesday night at a coal mine in a the city of Xiaoyi.
Rescue work was under way.
Xinhua also said three suspects were "put under control", and authorities were looking for the owner of the mine who'd fled.
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