According to the official microblogging news of Yantai City, Shandong Province Government Information Office, at 2:00 p.m. on January 10, an explosion occurred in the Wucailong gold mine under construction in Xicheng, Qixia City, with 22 workers trapped.
January 12, 7:27 pm
As of 5:00 a.m. on January 12, the scene professional rescue force has more than 300 people, more than 40 sets of various types of machinery and equipment, is taking forced ventilation methods to the shaft to transport oxygen; professionals are taking a steady plate down the shaft to clear the shaft operations, the implementation of rescue of people trapped in the shaft. At the same time, the command is mobilizing more large-diameter drilling rigs to participate in the rescue.
Due to the toxic gas generated by the explosion in the wellbore could not be removed in a short time, and the blockage of the wellbore led to the obstruction of the lowering of the drill pipe, coupled with the narrow operating surface, the manual clearing of the wellbore progressed slowly.
Rescue work is underway, and the cause of the accident was launched simultaneously to investigate.
23:51 on January 11
At 2:00 p.m. on January 10, an explosion occurred at the Wucailong gold mine under construction in Xicheng Town, Qixia City, and the shock wave damaged the well pass ladder room, and the cage could not operate normally. At the time of the accident, there were 22 workers trapped underground. Due to damage to the communication signal system, no contact has been made yet.
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