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Wed May 22 22:41:50 SAST 2013

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Fire traps about 60 Zimbabwe miners: union

Sapa-AFP | 22 May, 2012 13:48
Platinum ingot. File photo.
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About 60 miners were trapped underground at a platinum mine in southern Zimbabwe Tuesday after a fire accident the previous day, a union leader said.

"A conveyer belt collapsed and caught fire yesterday (Monday) at around 17:00 hours (1500 GMT) trapping eighty five workers underground," Shadreck Polowelo, president of the Zimbabwe National Mine Workers Union told AFP by phone, adding that at least 20 had been rescued.

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