28 Workers Buried After
Explosion in Brazilian
Mine
Twenty-eight workers
were trapped in the
debris following a
powerful explosion in a
mine in southern Brazil
on Monday, Brazilian
Military Police said.
The accident occurred
when an oxygen cylinder
burst in the mine in
Lauro Muller, a city in
Brazil's southern state
of Santa Catarina, at
about 4:00 a.m. (0700
GMT).
Twenty-six of the
trapped miners have
already been evacuated,
of whom seven have been
sent to hospital.
The leader of the rescue
operation said it is
necessary to have better
ventilation at the site
to ensure that the two
remaining miners are
found alive.
"The longer they stay in
the place, breathing
dust, the lesser the
chances of finding them
alive," he said. |
