Beijing:Five miners were confirmed dead following a coal mine flooding last week in north China's Shanxi Province, local authorities said on Thursday.
Rescue work finished at 11:57 p.m. on Wednesday as bodies of the five trapped workers were retrieved from a coal mine shaft operated by the Maohua Wantongyuan Coal Mining Co. Ltd. in the city of Shuozhou, according to the rescue headquarters.
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