BEIJING, March 29 (UPI) -- Chinese officials said 153 people were trapped underground after a coal mine flooded in Shanxi province.
The report of the number of people trapped revised earlier estimates, which varied.
Investigations indicated 261 miners were in the pit of Wangjialing Coal Mine when an area under construction flooded Sunday, China's state-run news agency Xinhua reported Monday. Officials said 108 workers were rescued.
Officials originally estimated 152 people were trapped, then revised the number to 123 and eventually put the number at 153.
"Most of the trapped are migrant workers from Shanxi, Hebei, Hunan and Guizhou provinces," a rescuer said.
China's vice premier, Zhang Dejiang, went the accident site Sunday to oversee the search and rescue operation.
