Workers trapped after coal mine floods

SHANGHAI, China – A coal mine flooded in southern China, trapping 102 miners more than 1,000 feet underground as rescuers today used water pumps in an effort to reach them. There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.

The accident occurred Sunday afternoon in a tunnel 1,378 feet underground at the privately owned Daxing Colliery in Meizhou City in Guangdong province, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing a local official.