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Coal mine flooding in China's Shanxi province kills 19
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 9:15
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Nineteen people are confirmed dead in coal mine flooding in Jiangjiawan Mine in Datong City, Shanxi Province of China.
A total of 247 people were working in Jiangjiawan Mine in Datong City when the disaster occurred around 6:50 p.m. on Sunday. Two hundred and twenty-three miners made it out safely, while 24 were trapped, Xinhua reported.
Water from a ground-level reservoir flooded the coal mine. As of Tuesday afternoon, about 6,100 cubic meters of water had been pumped out of the shaft.
A coal mine flooding in Anhui Province of China had claimed lives of seven people this January.
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Source: http://www.disaster-report.com/2015/04/coal-mine-flooding-in-chinas-shanxi.html
