SHANDAN, Gansu -- Twelve workers who were trapped in a collapsed railway tunnel in northwest China's Gansu Province Wednesday are feared dead, as rescuers have detected no signs of life at the scene.
甘肃 山丹——周三时，在西北甘肃省一次铁路隧道塌方中，12名工人被困，可以已经死亡。因为求助人员在现场没有发现生命迹象。
The tunnel collapsed at about 4 a.m. Wednesday in Shandan County in the city of Zhangye, located along a new rail link currently being constructed between Gansu's provincial capital of Lanzhou and the city of Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
隧道塌陷发生在周三上午4时左右，在张掖市山丹县，位置在当前在建的甘肃兰州与新疆维吾尔自治区之间的一条新铁路。
Rescuers with the Gansu provincial fire department used special equipment to search for signs of life in the debris Wednesday afternoon, but have not seen any positive signs so far, said Fang Guojian, union chairman of the Second Bureau of China Railway Co. Ltd., the prime contractor of the new railway.
新铁路总包方中国铁路第二局联合主席方说，周三下午甘肃省消防部门使用专门的设备，在残骸中寻找生命迹象，但迄今为止没有看到乐观的信息。
All of the 12 missing workers are employees of Fang's company.
所有12名失踪工人都是方所在公司的雇员。
More than 500 rescuers were still working at the site Thursday, trying to prop up the tunnel with lumber, reinforce its walls and clean up debris.
周四时，超过500名救援队员仍然在现场工作，试图用木棍支撑起隧道，加固墙体，清理残骸。
Fang said the rescue work was difficult and risky, as falling rubble and seeping water may indicate another collapse in the near future.
方说救援工作困难且危险，掉落的碎石及渗透的水可能表明不久会有另一次塌方。
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