Shanxi pirated mining caused 21 people to be trapped, and the village cadre: the mine owner is a local villager, who fled and trapped in the rescue

Beijing News (reporter Zhang Jianbin Zhao Min) As of 9 o'clock on December 17, Shanxi Xiaoyi's theft of coal caused by permeability caused 21 people to be trapped is still in progress.

The village cadres of Duxigou Village, where the incident occurred, told the Beijing News reporter that the mine owner Du Mou was a local villager, and immediately fled the scene regardless of the safety of the workers after the incident. According to his introduction, Du was originally a truck driver, with an average family, or because of the recent rise in coal prices, he cooperated with people to steal.

On December 16, rescuers pumped water on a roadway about 40 meters above the ground. Beijing News reporter Guo Yimeng photographed

The Beijing News reporter learned from the official sources in Luliang, Shanxi, on the 16th that there was no mineral map at the incident, no traces of coal were seen at the scene, and it may not have been mined in large quantities.

According to the official report of the Xiaoyi Municipal Government, the accident occurred at about 23:00 on the 15th, the stolen coal mining point is located in the north of Duxigou Village, Xixinzhuang Town, Xiaoyi City, the pirate mining point is extremely secret, with the wall built as a cover, more than 170 meters of hidden passage was excavated in the "River Beach" site in the north of the village, equipped with a conveyor belt, and the exit of the dark passage was covered with loess and weed camouflage with steel plates, and it was difficult to find it by hydraulic opening.

In this regard, the village cadres of Duxigou Village also said that because the wellhead was extremely secretive, the villagers did not know it before.

It is reported that at the time of the crime, 25 people went down the well to steal mining operations, and at present, 4 people safely fled the rising well and 21 people were trapped underground. Officials in Luliang, Shanxi, said the 21 people trapped were not local villagers. The aforementioned village cadre said that he was sad about the accident and advised Du to surrender as soon as possible to assist in the rescue, "I hope that he will surrender quickly and his life will be closed." ”

At about 9 o'clock on the 17th, the Information Office of the Xiaoyi Municipal People's Government reported that the police had controlled 7 main suspects and were making every effort to hunt down the remaining suspects.

Proofreading By Chen Diyan