They rescue 7 live miners and 4 corpses in a coal mine in China

Rescue teams working from last Friday in a northern China coal mine taponada by a landslide found seven trapped workers who survived the crash, but could not rescue with life to four others, the official Xinhua Agency said today.

Over 200 rescue personnel continue to work more than 48 hours before the accident to happen because another miner who was inside the mine at the time of the incident has not yet been found, added the official source, quoting spokesmen of the rescue team.

The rescued miners were hospitalized in a nearby hospital and his life is not taking risk.

The accident occurred around 3: 00 am hour Friday local (19: 00 GMT Thursday) in the mine of Yuanlin, in the Northern autonomous region of Interior Mongolia.

In recent weeks there have been several mining accidents with high numbers of u000adeath toll in the Asian country, as that last week caused 35 killed in a mine of Yunnan (South of the country).

Each year more than 3,000 workers die in Chinese mines, especially those dedicated to the extraction of coal, main source of energy for the second economy world.

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