All the miners trapped in a flooded graphite mine in Guiyang
County, central China's Hunan Province, were rescued as of Saturday
afternoon, the local government source said.
With the last trapped miner Ouyang Shaofang rescued at 4:30 PM,
all the nine miners were found alive after a 74-hour rescue
operation.
The flooding accident took place at about 2 PM on Wednesday
at the Wangda Graphite Mine in Heye Township, rescuers said.
Nine miners were working underground for an overhaul task and
five of them have been pulled out alive and sent to a local
hospital for medical observation on Thursday.
Nearly 100 people are working to pump water, provide ventilation
for the trapped miners underground and monitor the surrounding air
quality, rescuers said, providing no further details about the
flooding.
The hospital source said all the miners are in a safe condition
now.
(Xinhua News Agecny October 8, 2006)