South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege
South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...
3 Believed Dead as Rescue Workers Race to Save 9 Men Trapped in Flooded Coal Mine: Reports
Three people are believed to have died after their group of nine men became trapped in a coal mine in India’s Assam state, ...
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Tragedy in the Depths: South Africa's Illegal Mine Rescue Efforts
Over 78 miners have died, and more than 160 have been rescued from an abandoned South African gold mine amid a standoff with ...
Hundreds of Miners Were Trapped for Months —Until an Extraordinary Two-Man Rescue Mission
The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was ...
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South Africa accused of 'horrific' crackdown as 78 corpses pulled from illegal mine
Rescue efforts were in their third day on Wednesday, with a red cylindrical metal cage being lowered into the mine to extract survivors and corpses. The cage can hold about a dozen people or dead ...
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South African mine rescue death toll rises amid illegal mining stand-off
Authorities have also said no official rescue personnel will go down into the mine because it is extremely dangerous, while some volunteers from the community who are familiar with the mine have ...
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At least 100 people reportedly dead in illegal South African gold mine as rescues continue
Last week, the government was ordered by a court to facilitate a rescue operation. Videos that appear to have been taken on mobile phones inside the mine and brought to the surface by those being ...