Deaths Rise to 11 in China Mine Disaster; 10 Still Trapped

Workers wait outside the entrance to the Wangjialing coal mine as rescuers try to find more than 150 workers trapped in the flooded coal mine being built in northern China's Shanxi province on March 30, 2010. Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

BEIJING—The death toll in an eastern China coal mine collapse has risen to 11, with 10 miners still trapped underground, state media reported.

One week after the disaster, rescue crews were clearing fallen rock from the shaft, with the remaining miners believed to be located 74 meters (242 feet) below the surface, the official Xinhua News Agency said late on Oct. 26.