26 May 2003 [updated 13 June]
Fifteen miners have been found dead after a flood swept through the Anli coal mine in Henan Province on 26 May 2003.
The flood caused a shaft to collapse on the 42 miners believed to be working at the time. A total of 27 miners managed to escape. Nine bodies were discovered on 9 June and the remaining six bodies were found on 12 June.
This accident is the latest in a series of explosions and floods in Chinese mines in the past few weeks.
Fifteen miners have been found dead after a flood swept through the Anli coal mine in Henan Province on 26 May 2003.
The flood caused a shaft to collapse on the 42 miners believed to be working at the time. A total of 27 miners managed to escape. Nine bodies were discovered on 9 June and the remaining six bodies were found on 12 June.
This accident is the latest in a series of explosions and floods in Chinese mines in the past few weeks.
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