China News Service, November 29. According to the official Weibo news of the Ministry of Emergency Management, at about 11:30 on November 29, a flooding accident occurred at the Yuanjiangshan Coal Mine in Leiyang City, Hengyang City, Hunan Province, and people were trapped at the scene.
After the accident, Huang Ming, secretary of the Party Committee of the Emergency Management Department, immediately made arrangements and rushed to the Ministry's Command Center to guide rescue operations through video dispatch.
Ministry leaders Huang Yuzhi and Zhou Xuewen participated in the dispatch.
The Emergency Management Department has sent a working group and experts led by the deputy director of the National Mine Safety Supervision Bureau to the scene to guide the rescue.
At present, the local area has mobilized 3 mine rescue teams with a total of more than 60 people and 4 drainage pumps to carry out rescue operations. The local fire rescue team dispatched 8 vehicles and 37 officers and soldiers to the scene.