The workers are believed to be stranded at a depth of 1,876 meters — 10 meters below the level of the flood water that inundated a pit of Xiahaizi colliery/XINHUA
The workers are believed to be stranded at a depth of 1,876 meters – 10 meters below the level of the flood water that inundated a pit of Xiahaizi colliery in Qujing city at 4:50am Monday.
As of 8am Saturday, rescuers had drained a over 22,000 cubic meters of water from the pit, reducing the water level to about 4.5 meters from the previous 10, a city government press release revealed.
“One more pump was installed on Saturday and a total of 12 are now at work, draining 830 cubic meters of water per hour,” said Luo Shixiong, secretary-general of Qujing’s city government and spokesman with the emergency rescue headquarters.
Xiahaizi colliery reports an annual output of 60,000 tonnes.
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