Photo taken on March 10, 2017 shows a building at Dongrong Second Mine of the Shuangyashan branch company of the Longmay Mining Holding Group in Shuangyashan, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. A total of 17 people are trapped underground after a cage fell due to a fire on the cable here. Casualties remain unknown. Other 256 miners have been saved out of the mine. An investigation of the accident is underway. (Xinhua/Wang Chunyu)
HARBIN, March 10 (Xinhua) -- A total of 17 people are trapped underground in a coal mine accident Thursday in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
The cage fell as the cable caught fire at Dongrong Second Mine of the Shuangyashan branch company of the Longmay Mining Holding Group and a total of 256 miners have been saved out of the mine, according to local authority.
Casualties remain unknown.
Rescuers are cleaning up the wirerope and other stuff under the cage to prepare for breaking into the cage to rescue the trapped.
An investigation of the accident is underway.
