Five rescued from Chinese mine - several still trapped.
- 13 years ago
An elevator rises from deep inside a coal mine in northern China.
Inside - rescuers carry an injured miner.
He was one of 12 people trapped Friday when a mine in the province of Inner Mongolia collapsed.
On Saturday, rescuers pulled five survivors from the rubble.
They were then working furiously to free the remaining miners, only two of whom were thought to be alive.
The collapse was the latest in a series of mine accidents in China, that last year claimed the lives of almost two-and-a-half thousand people.
Critics say furious demand for raw materials combined with lax safety standards make Chinese mines the deadliest in the world.
Andrew Raven, Reuters
Inside - rescuers carry an injured miner.
He was one of 12 people trapped Friday when a mine in the province of Inner Mongolia collapsed.
On Saturday, rescuers pulled five survivors from the rubble.
They were then working furiously to free the remaining miners, only two of whom were thought to be alive.
The collapse was the latest in a series of mine accidents in China, that last year claimed the lives of almost two-and-a-half thousand people.
Critics say furious demand for raw materials combined with lax safety standards make Chinese mines the deadliest in the world.
Andrew Raven, Reuters