10 missing at collapsed China gold mine confirmed ineffective

Jan. 25 (UPI) — The final 10 gold miners who changed into trapped and unaccounted for following two explosions a couple weeks within the past were confirmed ineffective on Monday.

Chinese authorities said rescuers possess recovered their our bodies from the mine, which changed into as soon as caved in by the blast on Jan. 10. A second explosion happened a couple of half of hour later.

Rescue teams pulled 11 miners to safety on Sunday, however didn’t know the fates of the a few 10 peaceful trapped within the gold mine, positioned in Qixia in China’s Shandong Province.

The total miners had been trapped about 2,000 feet under the ground. The mine changed into as soon as under building at the time of the explosions.

Yantai Mayor Chen Fei said rescuers started confirming the ineffective on Monday.

“The our bodies of 9 miners … [indicate] they were killed by the second blast as they tried to rep away following the first explosion,” Chen said.

Xiao Wenru, chief engineer at the emergency ministry’s mine rescue heart, said Monday the survivors lived because that they had rep admission to to water and new air of their section of the mine.

Authorities don’t know but what role off the explosions.