BEIJING — Dozens of miners have been pulled alive from a flooded coal mine in northern China more than a week after 153 workers were trapped.
State television says a total of 86 people are expected to be pulled from the mine, in addition to the first nine soaked miners who were rescued early Monday morning. The state-run Xinhua News Agency says more than 90 survivors are expected.
A live broadcast shows miners wrapped in blankets being carried to ambulances, which are speeding from the scene toward waiting medical teams in hospitals nearby.
Before rescuers heard tapping noises from below Friday, they had feared this would be China’s deadliest mine disaster in more than two years.