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South African Gold Miners Rescued After Fire at 1.4-Mile-Deep Mine
By Zandi Shabalala
Reuters
Sunday, February 22, 2015
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa's Harmony Gold said on Sunday all 486 miners who were trapped underground following a fire had been rescued.
The blaze occurred about 2.3 km (1.43 miles) underground during maintenance on an air cooler at the Kusasalethu mine, a deep-level operation west of Johannesburg that is Harmony's single largest gold producer.
The fire started around 0800 GMT and initially some 200 miners were unaccounted for. All operations other than essential services at the mine had been suspended, the company said.
"All 486 employees have been brought to the surface safely," company spokeswoman Charmane Russell said. ...
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