22 Trapped Chinese miners: 11 rescued, 10 dead in total, one still missing, rescue mission still on

One (C-blue helmet) of twenty-two Chinese miners is saved from hundreds of metres underground where they had been trapped for two weeks after a gold mine explosion in Qixia, in eastern China's Shandong province on January 24, 2021. - AFP

BEIJING, Jan 25, 2021 (AFP): Nine more Chinese miners trapped underground for over two weeks have been confirmed dead, local government officials said Monday, leaving one unaccounted for after a blast at the site.

A group of 22 were trapped hundreds of metres underground by an explosion at the Hushan mine in eastern Shandong province on January 10, with some relying on food and medicine delivered through long shafts drilled by rescue teams.