Fire at gold mine in Arequipa, Peru leaves 27 useless

A fireplace at a gold mine within the southern a part of Peru killed a minimum of 27 folks, authorities reported on Sunday.

Preliminary info suggests a brief circuit set off an explosion late Friday or early Saturday on the SERMIGOLD mine in Arequipa’s Yanaquihua district, native retailers reported. It passed off roughly 330 toes under the floor.

Peruvian authorities mentioned the explosion trapped the miners inside. Its official trigger stays underneath investigation.

“During the investigation, the Prosecutor’s Office will decide the reason for the tragic occasion and the obligations of these concerned,” the Public Ministry of Arequipa’s Fiscal District mentioned.

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View of the SERMIGOLD mine in Arequipa, Peru, Sunday, May 7, 2023.  (AP Photo/Fernando Mojito)

The Yanaquihua mining firm, which operates within the mine, mentioned 175 staff had been safely evacuated, however 27 contractors had been useless.

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Marcelina Aguirre, the spouse of a sufferer, instructed The Associated Press that her husband mentioned there have been dangers on the mine.

“We are very anxious, very unhappy we’re, to lose a husband, leaving two deserted kids,” she mentioned.

Relatives of trapped miners wait outdoors the SERMIGOLD mine in Arequipa, Peru, Sunday, May 7, 2023.  (AP Photo/Fernando Mojito)

Relatives of trapped miners wait outdoors the SERMIGOLD mine in Arequipa, Peru, Sunday, May 7, 2023.  (AP Photo/Fernando Mojito)

Government officers mentioned relations of the victims had been introduced by buses to the doorway of the mine, the place they waited for the our bodies of their family members.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.