11名被困矿工成功升井

 11 miners rescued after 14 days

Eleven of 22 miners were rescued on Sunday after being trapped underground for two weeks due to a blast in a gold mine on Jan 10 in Qixia, under the city of Yantai in East China’s Shandong province.

1月10日，山东烟台栖霞市一金矿发生爆炸事故，22名矿工被困井下。1月24日，11名矿工在被困井下14天后成功升井获救。

The first miner was lifted from the mine at 11:13 am Sunday. The worker, in extremely weak condition, was rushed to a hospital for treatment.

1月24日11时13分，第一名被困矿工成功升井，他身体极度虚弱，被立即送到医院救治。

At 3:18 pm, the number of rescued workers reached 11.

15时18分左右，获救矿工人数达到11人。

Experts said the rescue of the 11 miners on Sunday was beyond their expectations, as only three days ago they had estimated that it would take rescuers at least 15 days to dig through the block to reach the trapped workers.

专家表示，1月24日11名矿工成功升井远远早于此前的预判。据1月21日他们的估算，要至少15天才能完成障碍物清理，打通救生通道。

In the early hours of Sunday, after clearing small pieces of debris, rescuers found an empty space that was only blocked by large pieces, said Xiao Wenru, chief engineer of the mine rescue center of the Ministry of Emergency Management. "The discovery greatly expedited the rescue process."

应急管理部矿山救援中心总工程师肖文儒说，1月24日凌晨，救援人员清理掉井筒内的细碎障碍物后，发现下方有空洞，障碍物主要是大件物品，"整个进度可以说是突飞猛进"。

Rescuers are still racing against the clock to dig into the blocked mine shaft to save the remaining miners who are unaccounted for.

救援人员仍在争分夺秒地挖掘堵塞的矿井，以救出其余被困矿工。

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