Rescuers in China lifted several trapped miners to the surface who were trapped for two weeks after an explosion in a northern gold mine in Qixia City. Photo / APEleven workers trapped for two weeks by an explosion inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday. State broadcaster CCTV showed workers being hauled up one-by-one in baskets on Sunday afternoon, their eyes shielded to protect them after so many days in darkness. Rescuers carry a miner who was trapped in a gold mine in Qixia City in east China's Shandong Province. The official China Daily said on its website that seven of the workers were able to walk to ambulances on their own.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 24, 2021 16:52 UTC