Over 100 believed alive after week in flooded China mine

XIANGNING, China (Reuters) - More than 100 miners are expected to emerge alive from a flooded coal mine in north China after more than seven days trapped in pitch dark, rescue and government officials said on Monday.

China has the world's deadliest coal-mining industry, with more than 2,600 people killed in mine floods, explosions, collapses and other accidents in 2009 alone.


A survivor is rescued from the flooded Wangjialing Coal Mine, located across both Xiangning county and Hejin city, Shanxi province April 5, 2010. (REUTERS/Jason Lee)
Some 108 survivors were pulled out last Sunday when water surged into the pit that was under construction in Shanxi province.