China to continue search for last missing miner

Rescuers work at the explosion site of a gold mine in Qixia city, East China's Shandong province, Jan 25, 2021. - Xinhua

JINAN (China Daily/ANN): It will take some time to search for a remaining worker who has been trapped underground for 17 days after explosions at a gold mine under construction in Qixia, Shandong province, due to difficulties draining water and clearing obstacles, the rescue headquarters said.

Rescuers and divers searched several times in the space above the No 6 section, which is more than 600m from the shaft entrance, but failed to find the worker, the rescue headquarters said on Tuesday (Jan 26) night.