**At least 152 coal miners are trapped after a pit flooded in China’s northern Shanxi province, state media says.**Some 261 people were in the mine when it flooded and about 109 managed to escape, the Xinhua news agency reports.
China’s mines are the most deadly in the world - thousands of workers are killed in them every year.
Most accidents are blamed on failures to follow safety rules, including a lack of required ventilation or fire-control equipment.