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Carbon monoxide kills 37 miners in Nigeria's Plateau state, police source and report say
- At least 37 miners have died at a lead and zinc mine outside Wase in Plateau state, operated by Solid Unity Nigeria Ltd.
- Toxic carbon‑monoxide built up in poorly ventilated underground tunnels, collapsing workers before the incoming relief shift at the end of the night shift.
- Around 06:30 local time, after early morning Muslim prayers, those reporting for the morning shift discovered victims while more than 20 other miners were rescued and hospitalized.
- Security personnel sealed off the mine about 200km south‑east of Jos, but state officials are yet to visit and response efforts are slow due to armed criminal gangs known locally as 'bandits'.
- The tragedy is likely to renew concerns over Nigeria's mining safety, where less than two years ago dozens aged 20 to 40 died in Niger state, and victims were buried shortly afterwards, devastating the mainly Muslim community.
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An explosion in a lead mine in the state of Plateau, central Nigeria, killed at least 38 people on the morning of Wednesday, 18 February. The miners were inside the wells of the Kampanin Zurak mine when the explosion occurred. Twenty-seven other people were transported to the hospital as a matter of urgency.
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At least 33 lead miners in Nigeria have died in what is believed to be a carbon monoxide leak, and dozens more have been injured and hospitalized.
Carbon monoxide kills 37 miners in Nigeria's Plateau state, police source and report say
At least 37 miners died from carbon-monoxide poisoning while underground at an informal mining site in Nigeria's Plateau state, a police source and security situation report seen by Reuters said on Wednesday.
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Total News Sources31
Leaning Left3Leaning Right5Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Right
Bias Distribution
- 42% of the sources lean Right
42% Right
L 25%
C 33%
R 42%
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