Beijing: Rescuers Saturday pulled out the last of the 45 surviving miners who were trapped for 40 hours following an accident at a central Chinese coal mine that left eight dead.
The last miner was seen waving his hands to the rescue team at 11.45 a.m. as he walked out of the Qianqiu Coal Mine, reported Xinhua. A rock burst occurred in the Qianqiu Coal Mine in the city of Sanmenxia, Henan province, following a 2.9-magnitude earthquake Thursday evening. A rock burst is a sudden violent fracture of rocks in a mine.
Of the 75 miners working in the shaft when the accident happened, 14 managed to escape and four were confirmed dead soon after accident. The remaining 57 workers were stranded in the mine. (IANS)