At least 67 killed in mine accident in South AfricaIn the case of a serious mine accident in South Africa are at least 67 illegal gold miners lost their lives. The victims were probably in a fire underground, suffocated, said a spokeswoman for the mine operator, Harmony Gold.The fifth largest gold producer in the world confirmed on Tuesday that the corpses of 25 gold in the graves of some 150 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg, situated pit had been obtained. Already at the weekend there were 42 corpses have been salvaged. Some of the illegal gold diggers, the company informed about the disaster and their dead colleagues salvaged. The situation was still too dangerous to its own employees in the slot to send, said the spokeswoman. It assumes that the number of victims may still increase. In South Africa, the illegal mining of precious stones and precious metals are not uncommon. International criminal gangs in order to earn millions every year. For the gold-digger is the business extremely dangerous: They work in parts of the abandoned mines that are no longer to be maintained and where toxic gases can accumulate.
08:32 PM, June 2, 2009
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