ZHENGZHOU, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Two more miners were pulled out of a flooded coal mine in central China's Henan Province on Monday, bringing the total number rescued to eight, emergency crews said.

    Sixteen miners remain trapped in the Renhe Coal Mine in Changzhuang Township in the city of Yuzhou.

    The pit was flooded at 5:45 am on Sunday, when 62 miners were doing maintenance work. Thirty-eight people managed to escape and six were rescued on Sunday.

    On Monday, two survivors were pulled out of the pit at 0:15 am and 5:20 am. Rescuers said the miners were being treated at a local hospital.

    About 300 cubic meters of water filled the mine when workers were digging in a waste area, rescuers said.

    Underground gas and cave-ins slowed the drainage process making it hard for rescuers to...

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