Fear for another 100 missing after mine disaster

sulawesi - The Indonesian authorities fear that a further hundred people may be trapped in a collapsed mine on the island of Sulawesi. Rescue workers are still busy looking for...

The illegal gold mine collapsed on Tuesday, causing an unknown number of miners to be buried. Up to now, nineteen miners have been rescued and nine bodies have been recovered. The rescue work is complicated by the bad terrain with steep slopes.

The collapse was caused by the breaking of support beams. They had become unstable due to the large number of corridors.