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Seven drown in abandoned mine flooding in Chongqing
Seven people drowned after rainwater flooded an abandoned mine on the border of Youyang and Xiushan counties in Chongqing, local police reported. Authorities stated that twenty-one other individuals were detained in connection with illegal mining at the site. The case remains under active investigation by public security organs.
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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
5 differing positions reported on attribution across 5 publishers; unresolved.
- epochtimes重庆
- chinanews重庆警方
- bastillepost盜礦者
- stheadline警
- cna-tw涉案21人
3 differing positions reported on location across 5 publishers; unresolved.
- epochtimes重庆
- chinanews重庆
- bastillepost重慶酉陽
- stheadline重慶
- cna-tw重慶
WhereChongqing
29.560, 106.558 ±10 km
First reported19 days ago
Published2026-10-06 06:13 UTC
Occurred2026-10-03
Sources6
Casualties reported7
How this travelled.
Reports6Independent tellings5
5 independently corroborated tellings, 1 reported as carrying another outlet.
Corrections and updates
No published correction or update is recorded. This does not reconstruct changes made before correction records were kept.
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Global Event Monitor. Seven drown in abandoned mine flooding in Chongqing. 2026-10-06T06:13:23.177Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4781. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-06/7-d6c72531
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