Turkey: At least 9 Miners Trapped in Gold Mine After Landslide
Several miners may have been trapped under rubble following a large landslide that occurred in a gold mine in the eastern mountains of Turkey on Tuesday.
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Several miners may have been trapped under rubble following a large landslide that occurred in a gold mine in the eastern mountains of Turkey on Tuesday.
Authorities on Wednesday detained four people in connection with a massive landslide that engulfed a gold mine in eastern Türkiye, leaving at least nine workers missing, Turkish state media reported. The landslide struck the Anagold Madencilik company's Copler mine in the town of Ilic in Türkiye's mountainous Erzincan province on Tuesday. Video seemingly shot by a worker showed a huge mass of earth rushing down a gully, overrunning everything in its path. The landslide involved a mound of soil extracted from the mine, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.
Calls grew in Turkey to shut down a controversial gold mine as hopes dimmed of rescuing nine workers trapped by a massive landslide.
The disaster happened yesterday at 2:30pm local time at Copler Mine in the Turkish town of Llic in the country's mountainous Erzincan province.