Chapter 85: Coal Mine Collapse
In less than an hour, the news of the accident at the Shanbai Village coal mine spread.
“Shanbai Coal Mine has collapsed and several workers have been trapped. It is unknown if they are dead or alive!”
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“Is there a safety hazard in Shanbai Coal Mine?”
The news was filled with information about Shanbai Coal Mine.
Reporter Liu brought a group of reporters and photographers, blocking the coal mine entrance. They continuously reported on Shanbai Coal Mine.
Previously, he had not found any loophole in Shanbai Coal Mine. He was still worried about fulfilling President Zhao’s instructions. Now, something this serious had happened.
Yesterday, after a night of heavy rain, Shanbai Coal Mine had collapsed.
He had been keeping an eye on the situation here. When he heard this news, he immediately brought people and rushed over.
It was also thanks to him that the news of the accident at Shanbai Coal Mine had spread so quickly.
Sun Chengfu did not go to the coal mine today. At this moment, he appeared at the entrance of the coal mine.
When Reporter Liu saw him, he immediately asked, “Where’s your boss? Such a serious thing like this has happened, does he not dare to show his face? Or has he already escaped?”
Sun Chengfu said, “Our boss is down there too! Even if he’s not down there, he won’t run!”
The moment this was said, these reporters were stunned.
If the people trapped underneath were the miners, they naturally had various reasons to smear the owner of the coal mine. When the time came, they would find various reasons to force him to hand over the coal mine. Then, President Zhao would be able to obtain the coal mine and operate it.
However, now that the big boss was trapped underneath, they could not find a reason to blame the coal mine owner.
Reporter Liu didn’t give up and continued to ask, “Now that something like this has happened and more than an hour has passed, why aren’t you contacting people to rescue them as soon as possible? The longer you delay, the more danger the people below will be in! Can you bear the responsibility then?”
“I’ve already contacted the leaders in the county. They will be here soon! There’s also the rescue team. They should be on the way.”
However, Reporter Liu knew very well that the rescue team wouldn’t be able to rush over so quickly.
Zhao Changqing had already thought of a way to delay the rescue team’s rescue progress. The more out of control this matter got, the more advantageous it would be for them.
Sun Chengfu’s response was very fast. After the accident had happened, he led the other miners to cordon off the area and managed to deal with the transporters that were queuing up to pull the coal. There was no commotion.
When Reporter Liu rushed over, the situation was very calm. There was no chaos like he had imagined.
This was also the reason he felt indignant. This was not what he wanted to see at all.
“We don’t know when the rescue team will arrive. Are you just going to wait?”
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The county head of Yunzhou County, Wang Zhongshan, finally caught up with his break and could finally sleep at home. However, he jumped out of bed when he received a call.
Shanbai Village’s coal mine collapsed?
He frantically put on his clothes, grabbed his briefcase, and rushed out.
When he arrived at the Shanbai Village coal mine, his limbs were cold.
If someone really died, his position as the county head would be in danger.
Wang Zhongshan rushed to the coal mine and shouted at the top of his voice, “What happened? Why did it suddenly collapse? Is everyone alright? Did they get rescued?”
His hair was in a mess, and his clothes were not properly worn. One of his shirt buttons was buttoned wrongly. When he came, he started shouting. Everyone looked at him as if they were looking at a fool.
Sun Chengfu recognized this person to be the county head and immediately went up to him.