10 trapped miners in Beijing die (Xinhua) Updated: 2004-06-11 09:44
The 10 miners trapped in Beijing's coalmine collapse on Sunday died in
hospital, sources with the rescue headquarters said on Thursday.
The trapped miners
were rushed to the ambulance.[newsphoto] | The
trapped miners were found on Thursday and rushed to a local hospital, noted the
source.
Eight of the victims had been confirmed migrant workers from southwestern
China's Sichuan Province, according to the headquarters.
The accident occurred Sunday morning in the Da'anshan Coal Minein Fangshan
District, 90 km from downtown Beijing, when 16 miners were working underground.
The local government had demanded to set up a special team to investigate
into the cause of the accident.
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