Hopes raised for survivors after more than 30 buried by landslide at Zambia mine
The informal miners have been trapped since Thursday night while digging tunnels at the open-pit mine near Chingola, and were presumed dead.
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The informal miners have been trapped since Thursday night while digging tunnels at the open-pit mine near Chingola, and were presumed dead.
An unknown number of miners still remain trapped in the Zambian town of Chingola.
A member of a rescue team raised hope Monday that there may be survivors at a Zambian mine where more than 30 informal miners have been trapped under debris for days and presumed dead after heavy rain caused landslides. Rescuers have been searching for the miners since early Friday after they were buried Thursday night while digging tunnels at an open-pit mine near the city of Chingola on the country's copper belt. “We are getting close and expect to find survivors as there is some voices we are hearing from one of the tunnels," Wiva Chanda, an informal miner from the area h...
The informal miners have been trapped since Thursday night while digging tunnels at the open-pit mine near Chingola, and were presumed dead.
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