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Tanzania: 13 people trapped as mine collapses in remote area
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – A search team in Tanzania was trying to rescue more than a dozen people trapped underground after a Chinese-owned gold mine collapsed in a remote region, a police official said Thursday.
Police commander Mponjoli Mwabulambo said a massive mound of earth collapsed early Thursday in Nyarugusu village in the country’s northeast, burying at least 13 workers, including a Chinese national.
“A rescue team has been deployed since morning. The team hasn’t managed to pull out a body,” he said.
The commander said the mine is part of a Chinese company known as RZP. It was not immediately possible to get more details about the mine’s owners.
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