"21 Confirmed Dead in North China Coal Mine Flood", 23rd April 2015

...21 Chinese coal miners...died when the shaft where they were working filled with water...A total of 247 miners were underground when water rushed into the shaft Sunday evening. Of those, 223 people made it safely to the surface while three of those trapped were rescued and were recovering in hospital...China has seen a dramatic drop in accidental deaths in its notoriously dangerous mines...