11 trapped gold miners rescued in E China

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Eleven of the 22 miners trapped underground in a gold mine in east China's Shandong Province were successfully lifted to the surface on Sunday, according to rescuers.

The group includes 10 miners in the mine's fifth section.

At 11:13 a.m. on Sunday, a miner at the mine's fourth section was successfully lifted to the surface, becoming the first person to be rescued from the gold mine where an explosion took place 14 days ago.

The worker is reportedly extremely weak after being underground for two weeks and has been rushed to the hospital.

Currently, 633 people and 407 equipment are at the site for rescue operations. Twenty-two miners have been trapped about 600 meters underground since the mine blast on January 10 in Qixia, Yantai City in Shandong Province.

Before Sunday, rescuers had only contacted 10 of the miners, who are in good physical and psychological condition. Another is believed to have died.

(CGTN)