Five miners are trapped after a coal mine collapsed today in the Xinjiang
Uygur Autonomous Region, the local authority said.
It happened at the Chenxingyuan Coal Mine around 6am in the Midong District
of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang.
Six people were working underground when the mine collapsed. One person
managed to escape, the others remained trapped, the district committee of the
Communist Party of China told Xinhua.
Rescuers are searching for the trapped workers.
The private colliery, located in a mountainous region, has legal licenses. It
produces about 170,000 tonnes of coal a year.
