Two miners trapped underground in a mine operated by UK Coal Plc in northern England have been found and are being brought to the surface, emergency services said.
The men had been stuck at the Kellingley colliery in Yorkshire, one of three deep mines operated by UK Coal, Britain's largest coal miner.
Rescue services had gone to the mine after the alarm was raised shortly before 1600 GMT. There was no information available on the condition of the miners.
The incident comes less than a month after four miners died after a flash flood inside a small, privately run coal mine in south Wales, one of the worst mining accidents in Britain in many years.
Last November some 218 miners were evacuated safely from Kellingley after a methane gas explosion.
UK Coal employs 2900 people and its coal output is used to generate around 5 percent of Britain's electricity.
The money-losing company produced 7.2 million tonnes of coal last year.
