The bodies of 10 miners have been pulled from a flooded mine in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, state media reported Saturday, adding two more remain trapped underground.
Rescuers are trying to reach the pair, who have been trapped since the mine shaft in the city of Dazhou flooded on Monday when 30 miners were working underground, Xinhua said quoting local authorities.
Eighteen miners escaped the flood.
The mine's owner and the manager in charge of safety have been arrested, the report said citing a spokesman.
It is the latest fatal incident in China's notoriously dangerous mines and follows a report by state media on Friday saying that three workers trapped in a mine in the country's northeast were unlikely to survive.
China's coal mines, which have a dismal safety record, have been hit by a series of accidents in recent years as demand for energy has spiked.
Last year, 2,433 people died in coal mine accidents in China, according to official statistics -- a rate of more than six workers per day.
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