CHINA / SOCIETY By Cui Fandi and Lin Xiaoyi Published: Jan 20, 2021 10:01 PM
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One of the 22 trapped miners in East China s Shandong Province showed no sign of life as of Wednesday night, other trapped miners reported to the ground. The miner had been in critical conditions for a while due to injuries on head. We can t predict when we can bring them up, Du Bingjian, the on-site chief expert of the National Mine Emergency Rescue Geological Survey Team, told the Global Times on Wednesday.
Du noted the rescue team is clearing the original wind shaft, which collapsed due to the explosion, and is drilling new boreholes simultaneously, which accelerated rescue work. But clearing the shaft faces many obstacles and the team must also guarantee the miners living environment.