JAKARTA: Indonesian officials said yesterday that dozens of rescuers were using spades and ropes to dig out around 45 people who were feared buried by the collapse of an illegal gold mine on the island of Sulawesi. The incident, in which at least one person...
Indonesian officials said yesterday that dozens of rescuers were using spades and ropes to dig out around 45 people who were feared buried by the collapse of an illegal gold mine on the island of Sulawesi.
The incident, in which at least one person was killed, happened in makeshift mining shafts in the Bolaang Mongondow area of North Sulawesi province. "We are able to detect many of them are still alive because we can hear their voices, as there are some places where air is getting in and out and there are gaps in the mud," Mr Abdul Muin Paputungan of Indonesia's disaster agency said by phone.
Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency said one body had been recovered yesterday morning after the mine collapsed the previous evening. Indonesian media put the death toll at three. The Indonesian government has banned such small-scale gold mining, though regional authorities often turn a blind eye to the practice in remote areas.
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