Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 7 (Xinhua) -- Zambia's disaster relief department said on December 6 that a miner who suffered a mining disaster in Chingola City, Zambia's copperbelt province, survived five days after being buried in the ground and has been sent to the hospital for treatment.
The Associated Press, citing a statement from the Zambia Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Committee, reported that the miner, Mwanche Mukoko, 49, was rescued on the evening of the 5th of this month. The rescuer did not specify the miner's physical condition, only saying that he was able to talk to the ** who came to visit him from his hospital bed.
Daniel Kamenga, who participated in the rescue, told a reporter from the Zambian NBC: "We heard the cries for help and knew that someone was alive, so we started looking. ”
A few hours after Moukoko's rescue, rescuers found the body of one of the victims, and another later on the 6th.
The mine crash occurred after a heavy rainstorm. Three collapses in the open-pit pit buried more than 30 miners underground.
According to the Associated Press, the buried miners appear to be illegal miners who sneaked into the pit at night. Illegal mining occurs in the local area, and miners often do not take proper safety measures.
Zambia is rich in natural resources, mainly copper, and is known as the "country of copper mines". The Chingola region is known for having large open-pit copper mines. (Ou Sa).