Eight miners trapped for five days after a mine in China caved in have been found alive, state media say.
Reports say rescue teams have not yet been able to free the survivors, but have made contact and sent in supplies.
The rock fall at the gypsum mine, in the eastern province of Shandong, was so violent that it registered at China's earthquake monitoring centre.
Nine miners are still missing. Seven have already been rescued and one is known to have died.
Rescuers used infrared cameras to peer into darkness at the wrecked mine. The cameras detected the surviving miners waving their hands.
The workers were weak with hunger but otherwise were in good health, state media reported. They told rescuers they were in passages underground that were intact.
Ma Congbo, the chairman of Yurong company which owns the mine, drowned himself by jumping into a mine well early on Sunday, China's Xinhua news agency said.
His motive was not clear but the Chinese authorities have toughened punishment of employers who are seen as negligent.
China has a long history of industrial accidents. The latest incident comes days after a landslide caused by construction waste in southern China left dozens of people missing and presumed dead.
The nation's mines have long been the world's deadliest, but safety improvements have reduced deaths in recent years.
Last year, 931 people were killed in mine accidents throughout China, significantly fewer than in 2002 when nearly 7,000 miners were killed.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015
China mine survivors detected by infrared cameras in Shandong
Eight miners trapped for five days after a mine in China caved in have been found alive, state media say.
Reports say rescue teams have not yet been able to free the survivors, but have made contact and sent in supplies.
The rock fall at the gypsum mine, in the eastern province of Shandong, was so violent that it registered at China's earthquake monitoring centre.
Nine miners are still missing. Seven have already been rescued and one is known to have died.
Rescuers used infrared cameras to peer into darkness at the wrecked mine. The cameras detected the surviving miners waving their hands.
The workers were weak with hunger but otherwise were in good health, state media reported. They told rescuers they were in passages underground that were intact.
Ma Congbo, the chairman of Yurong company which owns the mine, drowned himself by jumping into a mine well early on Sunday, China's Xinhua news agency said.
His motive was not clear but the Chinese authorities have toughened punishment of employers who are seen as negligent.
China has a long history of industrial accidents. The latest incident comes days after a landslide caused by construction waste in southern China left dozens of people missing and presumed dead.
The nation's mines have long been the world's deadliest, but safety improvements have reduced deaths in recent years.
Last year, 931 people were killed in mine accidents throughout China, significantly fewer than in 2002 when nearly 7,000 miners were killed.
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Chinese mine owner kills himself as 17 miners remain trapped
The owner of a gypsum mine in China's eastern Shandong province has killed himself, as rescuers try to reach 17 miners who have been trapped for two days, state media report.
One person died and four miners escaped when the mine collapsed on Friday.
Since then, rescue workers have managed to pull a number of miners to safety.
China has a long history of industrial accidents. The latest incident comes days after a deadly landslide caused by construction waste in southern China.
Ma Congbo, the chairman of Yurong company which owns the mine, drowned himself by jumping into a mine well early on Sunday, China's Xinhua news agency reports.
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It happened two days after the mine collapsed in Pingyi County's Linyi city, Shandong Province, just before 20:00 local time. It is not yet clear what caused the collapse.
Rescuers have drilled a hole to access some of the trapped workers, and are trying to transfer food and water, officials say. More than 700 emergency officials are involved in rescue efforts, according to Linyi Mayor Zhang Shuping.
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