Rescue continues to free trapped miners
- 12 years ago
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Peruvian fire-fighters and police on Saturday (April 7) continued their efforts to rescue nine miners trapped for three days.
The nine miners became trapped last Thursday (April 5) in a tunnel of gold and copper when the entrance collapsed, local media reported.
National Police and Civil Defence experts from Yauca del Rosario in the northern province of Ica, 565 Kilometres (910 Miles) north of capital Lima, were able to speak to the trapped miners to find out their physical and health conditions.
Edgar Peralta, in charge of the rescue operation, said considerable progress was made by fire-fighters and miner colleagues throughout the morning in the rescue although a new collapse complicated the mission.
Artisan mining, which is often done without all security industry measures regulated by the government, have accidents of this type in Peru.
Last March three miners died trapped in a tunnel when working under unsupervised conditions at Jicamarca, east of Lima.
Peruvian fire-fighters and police on Saturday (April 7) continued their efforts to rescue nine miners trapped for three days.
The nine miners became trapped last Thursday (April 5) in a tunnel of gold and copper when the entrance collapsed, local media reported.
National Police and Civil Defence experts from Yauca del Rosario in the northern province of Ica, 565 Kilometres (910 Miles) north of capital Lima, were able to speak to the trapped miners to find out their physical and health conditions.
Edgar Peralta, in charge of the rescue operation, said considerable progress was made by fire-fighters and miner colleagues throughout the morning in the rescue although a new collapse complicated the mission.
Artisan mining, which is often done without all security industry measures regulated by the government, have accidents of this type in Peru.
Last March three miners died trapped in a tunnel when working under unsupervised conditions at Jicamarca, east of Lima.