Zambia mine collapse kills 10

By AFP
October 08, 2024
A truck exits the mine after collecting ore from 516 metres below the surface at the Chibuluma copper mine in the Zambian copperbelt region, January 17, 2015. — Reuters
A truck exits the mine after collecting ore from 516 metres below the surface at the Chibuluma copper mine in the Zambian copperbelt region, January 17, 2015. — Reuters

LUSAKA: A collapse at a mine in southwest Zambia on Monday killed at least 10 people and injured five others, police said.

The accident occurred in the Mumbwa district on Monday morning. “During the course of their mining activities, the earth collapsed on them” central police commissioner Charity Munganga Chanda said in a statement. Rescuers initially recovered six people from the rubble, but one miner later succumbed to his injuries in hospital, the police said.