21 Trapped in Flooded Xinjiang Coal Mine: Chinese State Media

21 Trapped in Flooded Xinjiang Coal Mine: Chinese State Media
A flooded coal mine in Hutubi county in Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Changji, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on April 11, 2021. Gao Han/Xinhua via AP
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BEIJING—Twenty-one miners are trapped in a flooded coal mine in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, citing a local emergency department.

A section of the mine filled with water, leading to power outages just after 6 p.m. on Saturday when 29 miners were working at the site in Hutubi county, the report said.