Army teams also deployed divers and helicopters.
At least nine miners are trapped in a flooded coal mine in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, local authorities said on Tuesday. The army was called in to help with the rescue operation, TASR reports according to the AP agency and the CNN portal.
The miners are trapped about 90 meters underground after water from a nearby disused mine flooded the surrounding passages. At least three of them probably died, writes CNN. Some miners managed to escape.
Army teams also deployed divers and helicopters to help free the nine men who have been trapped in the hilly area since Monday.
According to AP, the mine had only minimal safety measures. Incidents in coal mines in the remote northeastern part of the country are not rare. In one of the biggest accidents of 2019, at least 15 miners were buried while working in an illegal mine in the neighboring state of Meghalaya.
