11 missing in north-west China coal mine flood

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Beijing, Rajab 18, 1437, April 25, 2016, SPA -- Eleven miners were missing after a coal mine in north-west China's Shaanxi province flooded on Monday, local authorities said, according to dpa. The flooding happened around 8 am (0000 GMT Monday) at Zhaojin coal mine in the city of Tongchuan while 67 workers were inside a shaft, the official Xinhua news agency cited a government spokesman as saying. Fifty-six miners escaped on their own and rescue efforts were under way to find the rest, the spokesman said. --SPA 10:38 LOCAL TIME 07:38 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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