Mexico: Dam burst in the mine area; one worker dead, six still missing
Mexico City, June 7 (IBNS): One body has been recovered from the site of a burst dam at a mine in Urique, Chihuahua, but searchers continue to look for six people who have been missing since Monday at a gold and silver mine in northern Mexico, media reports said.
The workers went missing after a dam filled with liquid collapsed.
Mexico News Daily said the dam containing mineral tailings burst Monday morning at the Cieneguita gold and silver mine, sweeping away miners who were working nearby as well as machinery and vehicles. Two workers were rescued minutes after.
About 150 people have been searching the 12-kilometre course of the spilled water, the state Civil Protection office said.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
