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Resue work continued at a sudden coal mine flood in Jilin

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-08-10 11:51

Rescuers make efforts to save trapped miners in northeast China's Jilin Province in the morning on August 10,2010.[Photo/Xinhua]

CHANGCHUN -- More than 10 people were trapped when a coal mine in northeast China's Jilin Province was flooded shortly after midnight Tuesday, the local government said.

The accident happened at 12:10 a.m. at Hongyuan Coal Mine in Erdaojiang District of Tonghua, the third largest city in Jilin Province, the local safety administration said in a press release.

The cause of the accident was not immediately known, it said.

Rescue work continued Tuesday morning.

Jilin Province was battered by heavy rain and floods this summer. Eighty-five people died and 66 were missing in floods over the past two months, according to figures released by the provincial government Saturday.