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Flooding traps nine miners at 'illegal' coal mine in India

"Three men are believed to have died after the "rat hole" mine in Assam, India, flooded on Monday"

Rescuers at the "illegal" mine in Assam

Rescuers at the "illegal" mine in Assam | Credits: X / Kaushik Rai

At least nine miners are trapped in a coal mine in Umrangshu, Assam, with Indian navy divers leading rescue efforts, the state's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced today (7 January). Reuters...

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