<p>Eleven miners, trapped underground for two weeks following a blast in a gold mine in east China's Shandong Province, have been rescued, the state media reported on Sunday.</p>.<p>The rescuers set free two workers on Sunday, bringing the number of rescued workers to 11, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.</p>.<p>Footage showed the first miner to be rescued, a black blindfold across his eyes, being lifted out of a mine shaft in the morning. </p>.<p>Rescue workers wrapped the barely responsive man in a blanket before taking him to hospital by ambulance.</p>.<p><strong>Read | </strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/handwritten-note-seeds-hope-for-trapped-chinese-gold-miners-940411.html" target="_blank"><strong>Handwritten note seeds hope for trapped Chinese gold miners</strong></a></p>.<p>Later, the broadcaster said another three miners were brought out from a different section of the mine, including one who was injured. No further details were given.</p>.<p>Currently, 633 people and 407 equipment are at the site for rescue operations.</p>.<p>Twenty-two miners were trapped about 600 meters underground following an explosion on January 10 at a partially built gold mine in Qixia, under the city of Yantai, in Shandong Province. One miner has died and 11 have not been in contact with rescue teams, according to a Xinhua report from last week.</p>.<p>Before Sunday, rescuers had established contact with only 10 of the miners, who are in good physical and psychological condition. </p>.<p>Officials said on Thursday it could take another two weeks to clear "severe blockages" before they could drill shafts to reach a group of 10 men who had been receiving supplies of food from the rescue team.</p>.<p>State media said earlier however that rescuers were hoping to reach the 10 men in the mine's 5th section on Sunday.</p>
<p>Eleven miners, trapped underground for two weeks following a blast in a gold mine in east China's Shandong Province, have been rescued, the state media reported on Sunday.</p>.<p>The rescuers set free two workers on Sunday, bringing the number of rescued workers to 11, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.</p>.<p>Footage showed the first miner to be rescued, a black blindfold across his eyes, being lifted out of a mine shaft in the morning. </p>.<p>Rescue workers wrapped the barely responsive man in a blanket before taking him to hospital by ambulance.</p>.<p><strong>Read | </strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/handwritten-note-seeds-hope-for-trapped-chinese-gold-miners-940411.html" target="_blank"><strong>Handwritten note seeds hope for trapped Chinese gold miners</strong></a></p>.<p>Later, the broadcaster said another three miners were brought out from a different section of the mine, including one who was injured. No further details were given.</p>.<p>Currently, 633 people and 407 equipment are at the site for rescue operations.</p>.<p>Twenty-two miners were trapped about 600 meters underground following an explosion on January 10 at a partially built gold mine in Qixia, under the city of Yantai, in Shandong Province. One miner has died and 11 have not been in contact with rescue teams, according to a Xinhua report from last week.</p>.<p>Before Sunday, rescuers had established contact with only 10 of the miners, who are in good physical and psychological condition. </p>.<p>Officials said on Thursday it could take another two weeks to clear "severe blockages" before they could drill shafts to reach a group of 10 men who had been receiving supplies of food from the rescue team.</p>.<p>State media said earlier however that rescuers were hoping to reach the 10 men in the mine's 5th section on Sunday.</p>