Twenty-five miners were trapped in a flooded colliery Monday in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, the provincial work safety authority said.
The accident occurred at 2:30 p.m., at a shaft of the Zhenxing Coal Mine located in the city of Hegang, according to local authorities.
The rescue work is underway.
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