INTERNATIONAL NEWS - About 60 miners were trapped underground at a platinum mine in southern Zimbabwe Tuesday after a fire accident the previous day, a union leader said.
"A conveyer belt collapsed and caught fire yesterday (Monday) at around 17:00 hours (1500 GMT) trapping eighty five workers underground," Shadreck Polowelo, president of the Zimbabwe National Mine Workers Union told AFP by phone, adding that at least 20 had been rescued.
Source : Sapa/George Herald
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