18 trapped in China gold mine collapse
Published : 25 Dec 2022, 10:23
Updated : 25 Dec 2022, 10:27
DF News Desk
A trapped miner is lifted from a gold mine in Qixia City, east China's Shandong Province, on Jan. 24, 2021. File Photo: Xinhua.
Eighteen miners have been trapped underground after a gold mine in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region collapsed on Saturday, the regional emergency management department said, reported Xinhua.
A total of 40 people were working underground when the accident occurred at around 1:40 p.m. in Yining County under Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture. Twenty-two miners have been lifted out safely.
A rescue operation is underway to retrieve the remaining miners.
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