ANKARA, Nov. 1 -- Two Chinese workers were trapped in a coal mine collapse in northern Turkey on Saturday, a Chinese diplomat told Xinhua in the capital of Ankara.

A ceiling of a private coal mine collapsed in Amasra town of Bartin province early Saturday when eight Chinese workers from China National Coal Group Corp. were working for opening a gallery, the Chinese diplomat said.

Five Chinese workers escaped from the ceiling collapse and one other was rescued, while two other workers still remain trapped in the collapse, the diplomat added.