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11 miners rescued 40 hours after mine cave-in

Xinhua, July 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

All the 11 miners trapped in a mine pit in southwest China's Yunnan Province have been brought out to safety after 40 hours of rescue, local authorities said Monday morning.

Rescuers carry a miner out of the Xuxiang Colliery in Hegang, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 27, 2015. Six workers have been rescued from the flooded Xuxiang Colliery by Monday morning, when four were confirmed dead and five others were still trapped in the pit for about seven days. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

Rescuers carry a miner out of the Xuxiang Colliery in Hegang, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 27, 2015. Six workers have been rescued from the flooded Xuxiang Colliery by Monday morning, when four were confirmed dead and five others were still trapped in the pit for about seven days. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

The trapped miners were brought out on stretchers through a tunnel excavated during the rescue early Monday morning.

A cave-in occured at a stannum mine in Lianghe County at around 1 p.m.on Saturday, when the miners were working underground.

Local authorities attributed the accident to the effect of a mudflow triggered by continuous downpour in the county.

Some ventilation equipments in the mine still worked after the cave-in. Detectors found life signs from the trapped miners.

Local authorities mobilized some 1,000 rescuers for the rescue.