Rescuers pump water at coal mine that flooded in Jiaohe County, Northeast China's Jilin Province April 24, 2005. (Xinhua Photo)

    CHANGCHUN, April 25 (Xinhuanet) -- At least 39 miners were rescued from the coal mine flooding on Monday in Jiaohe, a city in northeast China's Jilin Province, according to local rescue workers.

    A total of 69 workers were working in the tunnel of Tengda Coal Mine when the flooding occurred at around 7 a.m. Sunday.

    Fortunately, the ventilation remained normal underground, said Yuan Yuqing, deputy director of the Jilin Provincial Coal Administration.

    Sources with the local rescue center confirmed that the water came from the Ji'an mine several hundred meters away from the flooded Tengda Coal Mine, a licensed township coal production business.

    Rescue work is still underway. Enditem