Miner found alive after 17 days underground
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A miner has miraculously been found alive after being buried underground for 17 days following a colliery flood in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
Rescuers said the survivor, who was reached at about 4 a.m. on Saturday, is in a stable condition after receiving treatment in a local hospital.
A shaft of the Junyuan No. 2 Coal Mine, located in Xing'an district of Hegang city, flooded at 7 a.m. on May 2, and rescuers have since worked around the clock to drain the mine.
Twenty-eight miners were working underground at the time of the flood. Ten managed to escape, and 10 have been confirmed dead.
Saturday's rescue means rescuers have saved five people and are still searching for the remaining three.
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