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One of twenty-two Chinese miners wearing a black patch is saved from hundreds of metres underground.

Video. Eleven Chinese miners saved as rescuers race to find remaining ten

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Rescuers in east China have pulled 11 miners from hundreds of metres underground where they were trapped for two weeks, as the race to locate the remaining 10 intensifies.

Eleven workers trapped for two weeks by an explosion inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday.

State broadcaster CCTV showed workers being raised up one-by-one in baskets.

One worker was reported to have died from a head wound following the blast.

The fate of 10 others who were underground at the time is unknown.

Authorities have detained mine managers for delaying reporting the accident.

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