Three die in Mapinga chrome mine accident

Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau

THREE artisanal miners are reported to have died following a mine accident at Mapinga on Wednesday afternoon.
The three are believed to have died from smoke inhalation after they took a generator underground to power a jackhammer.

Provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Ian Kohwera did not have a report of the case, however, a police officer who was part of the team that attended the scene, said the bodies of the deceased, whose names are yet to be published, were retrieved around 6 pm, two hours after the mishap.

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