Eight miners trapped for over 24 hours in a mine in southwest China's
Chongqing Municipality have all been discharged from hospital after three days
treatment and have returned home, according to the local government.
About 1:10 pm Friday, the eight workers were carrying
timber to the pit of Shamugou coal mine in Sanyi township, Pengshui county when
the roof of the shaft collapsed and buried them underground.
By Saturday evening all eight workers had been rescued from the pit and taken
to hospital.
Doctors, saying they have all now recovered, discharged them yesterday
afternoon.
The coal mine is government-approved with a production capacity of 30,000
tons a year.
On the same day, north China's Hebei Province reported two deadly coal mine
accidents which killed 22 miners and left six others missing.