“The situation is difficult” for the 13 workers who remain trapped in a Russian gold mine for two days

“For a difficult situation” the Russian authorities spoke on Wednesday 20/3, as efforts continue to free 13 workers who have been trapped for 48 hours in a gold mine in the Amur region in the Russian Far East after a collapse. The accident occurred at noon on Monday 18/3 and resulted in the entrapment of these 13 workers who specialize in digging tunnels at a depth of approximately 125 meters. By midday today (local time) the approximately 220 rescuers who rushed to the scene had managed to remove a third of the wreckage, according to Russian television network Rossia 24. “Rescue operations are continuing for the second day in a row. The situation remains difficult,” regional governor Vasily Orlov, who has been to the scene of the accident, wrote on Telegram, stressing that “there is still no contact with the gold miners.” This gold mine, called “Pionnier”, is located in a relatively remote area on the eastern edge of Russia. The work of the rescuers is complicated by the […]
Source: News Beast

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