Seven maintenance workers were trapped underground after a coal mine was flooded in Tangshan city, north China's Hebei Province, Friday night, local authorities said Saturday.

Rescuers are still trying to reach the seven trapped workers, who were undertaking maintenance work when the flooding occurred, said the local safety inspection bureau.

Production in the colliery had been halted before the incident to prepare for the mine's reconstruction, said the bureau.

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