LIMA, Peru (AP) — A hearth broke out deep in a gold mine in southern Peru and killed at the very least 27 employees throughout an in a single day shift, Peruvian authorities reported.
The Yanaquihua mining firm mentioned in a press release {that a} complete of 175 employees had been safely evacuated after the accident, which occurred late Friday or early Saturday. It mentioned the 27 lifeless labored for a contractor that focuses on mining.
Authorities officers mentioned the reason for the incident was beneath investigation. Some information studies mentioned preliminary investigations indicated an explosion might need been set off by a brief circuit in part of the mine about 100 meters (330 ft) under the floor.
Family members of the victims have been introduced by buses to the mine in Yanaquihua within the Arequipa area, the place they have been briefed by safety brokers. Some sat in entrance of posters on the entrance to the mine to attend for the our bodies of their family members.
Marcelina Aguirre mentioned her husband was among the many lifeless. She mentioned he had advised her there have been dangers on the mine.
“We’re very fearful, very unhappy we’re, to lose a husband, leaving two deserted kids,” she mentioned.
The Public Ministry of Arequipa’s Fiscal District mentioned investigators have been working to make clear what occurred. “Through the investigation, the Prosecutor’s Workplace will decide the reason for the tragic occasion and the tasks of these concerned,” its assertion mentioned.