Two of the six miners trapped early Wednesday in a collapsed coal mine in north China's Hebei Province have been rescued, local authorities said Thursday.
At around 10:40 a.m. Thursday, the two miners were brought to the ground with stable vital signs, according to the local government.
Rescuers are racing against time to locate the remaining trapped miners.
The cave-in happened at 4:37 a.m. Wednesday in the Qianjiaying mining subsidiary of Kailuan (Group) Limited Liability Corporation, a major state-owned coal mining company in Hebei.
The Qianjiaying subsidiary is located in Fengnan District in the city of Tangshan.