LUSAKA, Zambia — At the least 10 folks died and an unknown quantity are lacking after a mine collapsed in central Zambia, police mentioned Monday.
Authorities mentioned rescue operations had been underway and it wasn’t clear precisely what number of miners had been underground. The collapse occurred within the district of Mumbwa, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) west of the capital, Lusaka. No trigger was instantly given for the collapse.
9 our bodies had been recovered from the positioning and a tenth particular person died in a hospital, mentioned Charity Munganga Chanda, police commissioner for the Central Province. 5 had been injured and being handled within the hospital.
Collins Nzovu, a authorities minister and the native member of Parliament, mentioned 20 miners had been lacking and feared useless, though police did not affirm that quantity.
The miners are suspected of being casual ones, which is frequent within the southern African nation.
Dozens of casual miners died final yr in Zambia after they had been buried by landslides whereas working in an open-pit copper mine within the city of Chingola close to the northern border with Congo.
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