China: miners must wait a week for rescue

By Euronews with CCTV

Published on 02/01/2016 - 17:15 GMT+1

Supplies passed down via boreholes

Rescuers say it will take a week to drill holes big enough to lift 17 miners trapped after a mine collapsed in China’s Shandong Province.

VIDEO: China locates trapped miners https://t.co/86SblQ94sk #news #breaking | https://t.co/527IV9GdpR pic.twitter.com/IuSwuQIl8Z
— World News Feed (@FeedNewz) December 30, 2015

Rescue crews in China have made contact with eight miners trapped underground in collapsed shaft. #9News pic.twitter.com/9v0RIUAvCe
— Nine News Sydney (@9NewsSyd) December 31, 2015

One person is confirmed dead, four escaped and seven have been rescued so far.