Ten employees they remained trapped yesterday wednesday in arcade mine coal after part of it collapsed in the northeast Mexicoannounced the authorities, who sent rescue crews to the area.
“Three miners have already been rescued” and “were taken to a hospital,” the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection said, adding that ten others are still trapped inside the mine.
THE Mexican president, Andres Manuel López Obrador, had initially spoken of nine people trapped after the collapse and flooding that occurred in a mine gallery yesterday afternoon. “We hope that we will find them safe,” said Mr. López Obrador via Twitter, referring to the arrival of rescue crews.
“The government is mobilizing all the necessary means to carry out search and rescue operations,” assured the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection.
The accidentas reported by APE-MPE, took place 1,130 kilometers north of the capital, in the municipality of Sabinas, in the state of Coahuila, in the region where the largest coal deposits of Mexico are located.
Family members of the workers rushed to the facility and were desperate for news of their loved ones. “I have two sons (s.s.: who work in the mine)» said mother to the television network Milenio. One of the two was able to get out of the gallery, she added, crying.
The coal mine began operating in January and until yesterday there had never been any reports of an anomaly, local authorities said.
In June 2021, seven miners died in an accident under similar conditions in the same state.
The worst such accident in the region happened in 2006, when a gas explosion in a mine killed 65 workers.
Source: News Beast
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