BEIJING
A group of 21 workers trapped for more than a day in a collapsed tunnel in China’s Fujian Province were rescued Saturday, state media reported.
Xinhua news agency said rescuers began pulling the workers from the 30-meter road tunnel at 11.32 local time (03.32 GMT). Their condition was described as fine.
Jin Min, who led the project to expand the tunnel in Longyan City, said: "When I finished my shift on Thursday evening… there was nothing unusual in the tunnel."
He told Xinhua he was awakened at midnight by a noise. "The window was shaking and people were shouting outside," he said. "I knew something bad had happened."
As the rescue operation was underway, Jin heard the trapped workers knocking on a pipe and later heard their voices, he said.
He added: "I had been worried about them. How should I tell their families? Now I feel relieved."
The road links Xiamen City in Fujian to Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province.
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