Eight dead after tremor in Polish mine
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
01.12.2016 07:04
Three missing workers for whom rescuers were searching hundreds of metres underground after a strong tremor at a Polish copper mine were found dead on Wednesday evening.
Mine Director Paweł Markowski. Photo: PAP/Maciej Kulczyński
The death toll following the tremor on Tuesday evening at the Rudna mine in the town of Polkowice, southwestern Poland, now stands at eight.
The director of the mine, Paweł Markowski, said that the tremor was the biggest tragedy in over 55 years at a mine belonging to copper giant KGHM.
“We were doing everything to save the miners but unfortunately we failed. I would like to offer my sincere condolences to all the victims’ families,” Markowski said.
“The head of the State Mining Authority has decided to set up a commission to investigate the circumstances and causes of this accident,” he told reporters.
Polish PM Beata Szydło visited the mine on Wednesday while President Andrzej Duda planned to visit on Thursday. (mol/pk)
Source: PAP