Zimbabwe Mine Collapse Kills Two, Traps 20 Underground
Sumaira FH Published February 06, 2020 | 11:20 PM
Harare, Feb 6 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th Feb, 2020 ) :At least two Zimbabwe miners were killed and 20 others trapped underground after a shaft collapsed in a gold mine in the centre of the country, state media and police reported on Thursday.
The incident occurred overnight at the Globe and Phoenix mine in the town of Kwekwe, around 200 kilometres (120 miles) west of Harare.
Authorities were first alerted early Thursday after the miners, who were working illegally, failed to surface at the end of their shift.
"We received the news about the unfortunate incident a few hours ago and we are running around coordinating a rescue mission," the chair of provincial civil protection unit, Fortune Mpungu, told The Herald newspaper.
Both the police and the mines ministry later confirmed the incident.
Two miners died while one was injured and taken to hospital, police spokesman Paul Nyathi told AFP.
It was not immediately clear whether the others had been recovered.
"So far we don't know what really happened or how many people were affected," said the mine ministry's permanent secretary Onesimo Moyo, adding that an inspection team had been dispatched to the area.
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