Survivors located five days after China mine collapse

Rescuers using infrared cameras to peer into darkness at a wrecked mine in eastern China have found eight surviving miners trapped for five days after a collapse so violent it registered as a seismic event.

Survivors located five days after China mine collapse

Rescuers using infrared cameras to peer into darkness at a wrecked mine in eastern China have found eight surviving miners trapped for five days after a collapse so violent it registered as a seismic event.

The Christmas Day disaster at the gypsum mine in Shandong province killed at least one worker. Nine others remain missing.

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