WEIFANG CITY, SHANDONG PROVINCE, China (Reuters) – Rescuers in eastern China saved a three-year-old boy from a well on Thursday (March 31), state media reported. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said that the boy had fallen 11.8 meters-deep (38.7 feet) into the 90 meter-deep (295.2 feet) well while playing in an empty courtyard on Thursday afternoon in Weifang City of Shandong province. Local firefighters were called to the scene soon after. Unable to physically reach the […]
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Rescuers drilling second life hole to reach trapped miners in collapsed mine
Rescuers started to drill the second life hole late Sunday at the collapsed mine in east China’s Shandong Province to send food, water and communication tools to the miners trapped underground. The first 20-centimeter-wide hole was drilled through by Sunday noon to reach the 220-meter-deep location where 14 miners are trapped after the accident on Friday. At the same time, rescuers are continuing digging a hole at a separate location to reach the remaining three […]





