Forty-five trapped Chinese coal miners pulled out alive, eight killed

Beijing, Nov 5(ANI): Rescuers have pulled out the last of the 45 surviving coal miners, who were trapped for 40 hours following a rock burst in a mine in central China.

Eight other miners were killed in the accident which occurred after a magnitude-2.9 earthquake hit the region on Thursday, Xinhua reports.

At least 200 workers had dug a small rescue tunnel about 1,650 feet deep to reach the trapped miners.

Seven trapped miners were pulled out alive on Friday.

The rescue was the biggest in the country since April 2010, when 115 miners were pulled out alive after being trapped for eight days in a mine in northern China. (ANI)