Sixteen miners were still missing today evening after a coal mine flooded in north-east China, in the third mining accident this week, dpa quoted local media as reporting. The flood at the mine in Jilin province occurred Friday afternoon, with one person rescued on Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Muddy conditions and the collapse of a roof had hampered rescue efforts, according to media reports. In a separate accident, local media confirmed Saturday that ten people had died after a gas explosion at a coal mine in southern Guizhou province. The explosion occurred at the Zhenxing Coal Mine in Xingren County on Thursday night when 172 workers were underground, Xinhua reported.
