14 workers confirmed dead in China coal mine collapse
Fourteen workers who were trapped when a coal mine in southwest China collapsed 10 days ago had died, media reported Sunday.
A rescue operation finished Sunday noon after the bodies of the miners were retrieved, state-owned Xinhua News Agency said.
The workers were trapped after the roof of a shaft at Sanhe Shunxun coal mine in Guizhou province collapsed on Feb. 25.
The rescue operation was challenging because the roof caved in about 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) from the entrance of the mine, and the collapsed area was considerably large, media reported.
