Nine workers still trapped in flooded China rail tunnel

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BEIJING, Aug 6 (AFP): Nine workers remained trapped Monday in a flooded railway tunnel in central China, after three others were rescued late the previous day, state media reported.
Rescue workers had pumped out a large quantity of water, but silt and mud were still clogging parts of the tunnel in Hubei province where the remaining workers were trapped, Xinhua news agency quoted a local official as saying.
The accident occurred early Sunday at the Yesanguan rail tunnel, trapping 52 workers who were building the new structure. Xinhua said rescue teams managed to free 40 of them initially.
The lives of the men still trapped about 200 metres (660 feet) below ground were not in danger, Xinhua said earlier.