BEIJING - Sounds of tapping as well as perhaps shouts were heard Friday coming from the pipes of a flooded Chinese coal mine where 153 workers were trapped more than 5 days earlier, a rescue official said.
Rescuer Zhao Chuan told The Associated Press (AP) by telephone that rescuers at the Wangjialing mine, Shanxi province heard what sounded like people knocking on pipes around 2 p.m. local time, the first signs of life as the Wangjialing mine was flooded with water Sunday afternoon.
Zhao Chuan said he had heard from colleagues that another rescue team reported hearing people shouting underground as well but he might not yet immediately confirm that account.
According to the Government officials the flood was triggered when workers digging tunnels broke through into an old shaft filled with water. Rescuers have been working continuously to pump water out of the mine.
Zhao Chuan was quoted by China Central Television as saying that rescuers plan to send milk and other liquid nutrition down pipes into the mine. Zhao Chuan told to the broadcaster that an iron wire was found tied to a drill rod and rescuers think it could have been attached by one of the trapped miners.
Rescuer Zhao Chuan told The Associated Press (AP) by telephone that rescuers at the Wangjialing mine, Shanxi province heard what sounded like people knocking on pipes around 2 p.m. local time, the first signs of life as the Wangjialing mine was flooded with water Sunday afternoon.
Zhao Chuan said he had heard from colleagues that another rescue team reported hearing people shouting underground as well but he might not yet immediately confirm that account.
According to the Government officials the flood was triggered when workers digging tunnels broke through into an old shaft filled with water. Rescuers have been working continuously to pump water out of the mine.
Zhao Chuan was quoted by China Central Television as saying that rescuers plan to send milk and other liquid nutrition down pipes into the mine. Zhao Chuan told to the broadcaster that an iron wire was found tied to a drill rod and rescuers think it could have been attached by one of the trapped miners.
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