Additionally, four deep divers from the Navy also went inside the flooded shaft to find the trapped miners, the official said.

Three people are believed to have died after nine men became trapped in a coal mine in India’s north-eastern Assam state. Authorities told Reuters on Tuesday, Jan. 7, that rescuers had worked throughout the night to save the miners. Per the BBC, the men became trapped when the mine they were working on became flooded with water.