US EditionVenezuela mine collapse kills 14 after torrential rains
- On Monday, authorities said at least 14 people died in a collapse at the Cuatro Esquinas de Caratal mine in El Callao, Venezuela, after torrential rains.
- Flooding collapsed the shafts as heavy rains caused vertical mines, described as ravines, to fail, and emergency responders began pumping out all shafts to lower water levels.
- At the site, officials say the deaths occurred in three shafts of the Cuatro Esquinas de Caratal mine, about 850 kilometers southeast of Caracas, while National Risk Management System teams continue recovery.
- A command post now coordinates recovery efforts, led by Brigadier General Gregory González Acevedo, head of ZOEDAN in Bolívar state, while recovery teams continue operations.
- El Callao's economy relies on gold mining, where most of its 30,000 inhabitants work amid Venezuela's mining sector, described as poorly regulated with unsafe working conditions.
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At least 14 miners killed in Venezuela floods
At least 14 miners have died in floods caused by heavy rain in eastern Venezuela, rescue workers said Tuesday. Disaster relief agencies and the military said in a joint statement that they were working to recover the bodies of the workers from a gold mine in the town of El Callao in Bolivar state. The workers were underground when heavy rain fell on the region which borders both Guyana and Brazil, flooding several mine shafts. “They were caught …
The mine is located in the town of El Callao, some 850 kilometres southeast of Caracas.
At least 14 people have died in El Callao, a mining town in the Venezuelan state of Bolívar, in the south of the country, after flooding occurred as a result of torrential rains that have been falling in the national territory, particularly in these jungle gold mining areas. The overflowing water had gone to the caves and socavones where miners work, at a time when the country passes through a series of tropical storms that have increased in rec…
Heavy rains caused flooding in a gold mine in Venezuela, costing the lives of fourteen miners on the same subject
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