Seventeen workers were trapped in flooded mine in northeast China

Seventeen workers were buried in a coal mine in the city of Meiko, the Chinese province of Jilin (Northeast), reported today the official agency "Xinhua".
China reported 1954 accidents in coal mines in 2008, which killed 3215 people, while this year more than 1,900 people lost their lives, according to the Chinese State Administration of Work Safety ..