Eight miners rescued from coal mine accident_美文

Eight miners rescued from coal mine accident

In a separate accident also in Hunan, seven miners were killed in a gas outburst on Sunday.

The accident occurred at about 6:45 am at the Xiangzhong Coal Mine in the city of Lianyuan, the city government said in a press release. Thirty-nine miners managed to escape. Further investigation into the cause of the accident is under way, Xinhua reported.

"We have seen two coal mine accidents happen in the same province within such a short period of time," said an official from Hunan province's coal mine safety administration.

"I think the authority will take strong measures to prevent more of these sorts of accidents from happening."

"There are many small, old coal mines in Leiyang and Lianyuan cities, making them prone to accidents," said an official from State Administration of Work Safety.

Questions:

1. How many rescuers, doctors and nurses were organized to rescue the men?

2. What has happened to the mine owner?

3. How long was the rescue efforts delayed because the managers did not report the accident immediately?

Answers

1. 1,000.

2. Placed in police custody.

3. About 12 hours.

About the broadcaster:

Rosie Tuck is a copy editor at the China Daily website. She was born in New Zealand and graduated from Auckland University of Technology with a Bachelor of Communications studies majoring in journalism and television. In New Zealand she was working as a junior reporter for the New Zealand state broadcaster TVNZ. She is in Beijing on an Asia New Zealand Foundation grant, working as a journalist in the English news department at the China Daily website.