Kenya: Five people have died after the walls of a gold mine collapsed on them in Bushiagala in Ikolomani Sub-county, Kakamega, local reports indicated.
Eight miners are nursing injuries at the Kakamega Country Referral Hospital after they were pulled from the rubble.
âThey suffered various degree of soft tissue injuries and some were critically injured,” said a firefighter at the scene.
The artisanal mine caved in at around 7pm on Thursday due to the heavy rains that have been pounding the area for the past three weeks.
Eyewitnesses say that rainwater went into the mining tunnel causing havoc.
At least 27 people were working at the gold mine when it collapsed.
THE STANDARD
WESTERN
Five people have died after the walls of a gold mine collapsed on them in Bushiagala in Ikolomani Sub-county, Kakamega.
Eight miners are nursing injuries at the Kakamega Country Referral Hospital after they were pulled from the rubble.
“They suffered various degree of soft tissue injuries and some were critically injured, said a firefighter at the scene.
The artisanal mine caved in at around 7pm on Thursday due to the heavy rains that have been pounding the area for the past three weeks.
Eyewitnesses say that rainwater went into the mining tunnel causing havoc.
KEEP READING
At least 27 people were working at the gold mine when it collapsed.