Nation Last bodies found from flooded N China coal mine 2010-May-7 15:18:22
HOHHOT - Rescuers early Friday recovered the last three bodies of 31 miners killed underground in a coal-mine flooding in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region more than two months ago.
The pit of the Luotuoshan Coal Mine, Wuhai City, flooded on March 1, when 77 miners were working underground.
Forty-six were lifted to safety, but one died during emergency treatment at the site. With the bodies recovered from the pit, the death toll was 32.
Nine bodies were recovered from April 14 to 16, four were found on April 27 and another 15 on May 2.
The disaster triggered the country's largest coal mine rescue mobilization. More than 40,000 rescuers joined the operation, and more than 1.3 million cubic meters of water was pumped out of the pit, according to rescue headquarters.