Six individuals had been killed and 15 others had been trapped after a mine collapsed in Zimbabwe, state media reported.
The collapse of the Bay Horse gold mine in Chigoto, 100 kilometers west of the capital, Harare, on Friday morning left greater than 30 individuals detained.
13 miners are stated to have escaped or been rescued.
Efforts are persevering with to achieve these nonetheless underground, ZBC TV reported. It isn’t identified what triggered the collapse.
The Zimbabwe Miners’ Union stated its secretary-general and the president of the Chigoto Miners’ Affiliation would go to the positioning to attempt to discover out what occurred.
Mining accidents in Zimbabwe, which has big reserves of gold, platinum and diamonds, aren’t uncommon. Mining strategies are sometimes primitive and security requirements are largely ignored.
In 2019, Dozens of miners drowned After heavy rains, the Silver Moon and Cricket mines close to the city of Kadoma within the heart of the nation had been flooded.