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Nine trapped as illegal mine collapses in N. China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-08-29 11:17 SHIJIAZHUANG -- Police were notified early on Friday that nine workers were trapped in an illegal coal mine that collapsed on Wednesday in the Guye District of Tangshan, a city in north China's Hebei Province. A rescue operation is under way. Police said the nine miners were hired by a businessman, Han Fengguo, who allegedly had an underground passage dug beneath his coal-retailing business, to enable illegal coal extraction from a mine owned by the Zhaogezhuang branch of Kailuan Group, a state-owned coal-mining giant. The surface of the passage collapsed early on Wednesday during heavy rain, trapping the nine workers, according to a preliminary investigation. Han has been detained by the police. Tangshan, located on the Bohai Bay, is about 200 km northeast of Beijing. |
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