China Shandong: Miners rescued after 36 days

  30 January 2016    Read: 1172
China Shandong: Miners rescued after 36 days
Four Chinese miners who had been trapped underground for 36 days have been rescued, Chinese state media say.
The men were trapped by a cave-in at a gypsum mine in eastern Shandong province on 25 December.

China`s CCTV showed dramatic footage of one of the men appearing on the surface and then being taken to hospital.

In all, 29 people were initially trapped by the collapse: 15 have now been rescued and one confirmed dead, while 13 are still missing.

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