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24 Workers Trapped in Flooded Chinese Coal Mine

At least 24 workers are trapped after water flooded a coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province.

There were 247 people working in the Jiangjiawan coal mine when the the flooding occurred on Sunday.

So far, 223 people have been evacuated while 24 others are still trapped.

The coal mine, now owned by Datong Coal Mine Group, has an annual production capacity of 900,000 tonnes.

Initial investigation suggests that the flooding was caused by water accumulated in a mined-out area of the colliery, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

Rescue operations for the 24 trapped people is underwa

source: http://www.ndtv.com