Rescue workers have found no survivors in a rescue chamber deep inside a flooded zinc mine in Burkina Faso, the government said on Tuesday.
Men work during a rescue operation inside Perkoa mine where water is still being pumped out, four weeks after a flood trapped eight miners inside the galleries, in Perkoa, Burkina Faso on May 13, 2022.Rescue workers have found no survivors in a rescue chamber deep inside a flooded zinc mine in Burkina Faso, the government said on Tuesday, all but extinguishing hope that eight missing miners could still be alive after a month.
There had been some hope during a month-long search and rescue operation that the missing men might have reached the rescue chamber, which is stocked with food and water and located around 570 metres below ground. “Everything suggests that the miners were unable to reach the refuge chamber at the moment when the flood happened and searches are ongoing,” the statement said.
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