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A fire followed by an explosion in a remote gold mine in southern Peru killed at least 27 workers during an overnight shift Saturday. Local Peruvian authorities said that a short circuit may have sparked the fire at the La Esperanza 1 mine about 100 meters below the surface in the Arequipa region. The Yanaquihua…
As many as 27 people died after a fire broke out in a small gold mine in southern Peru on Sunday, in the country s single deadliest mining accident in more than two decades, CNN reported citing the local government.