Over 180 illegal miners are reported to have been trapped in a gold shaft close to Johannesburg in South Africa.
Police in the area were alerted after they heard shouts from the miners who got trapped by falling rocks. Rescuers are trying to reach them and have managed to lower drinking water to some.
Abandoned shafts is common in South Africa, where people often live underground and dig up the minerals such as gold and diamond to sell.
Police in the area were alerted after they heard shouts from the miners who got trapped by falling rocks. Rescuers are trying to reach them and have managed to lower drinking water to some.
Abandoned shafts is common in South Africa, where people often live underground and dig up the minerals such as gold and diamond to sell.
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