Miners trapped by flooding in eastern China

ANGRY relatives demanded answers yesterday as hopes dwindled for 181 miners trapped underground more than 48 hours after a collapsed dike in eastern China flooded two coal mines.

Li Yizhong, head of China’s work safety body said the breach in the dike in Shandong province had been closed.

“The installation of pump equipment and the pumping of water in the shafts has already started,” said Li, head of the State Administration of Work Safety.