Eleven workers trapped for two weeks by an explosion inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday.
State broadcaster CCTV showed workers being hauled up one-by-one in baskets on Sunday afternoon, their eyes shielded to protect them after so many days in darkness.
One worker was reported to have died from a head wound following the blast that deposited massive amounts of rubble in the shaft on Jan. 10 while the mine was still under construction.
![Rescuers carry a miner who was trapped in a gold mine in Qixia City in east China's Shandong Province. Photo / AP](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/G3POA4DBGNQ3Y6D62L7QU3BPDU.jpg?auth=a3ad50caada0d341b7dc7913f243f73559175aed5eface476e7f5e7f1c3833af&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
The fate of 10 others who were underground at the time is unknown. Authorities have detained mine managers for delaying reporting the accident.