The collapse occurred on Thursday after an earthquake of magnitude 4.2 to 500 meters deep in the Andesite sector. President Gabriel Buric is in place.
The lifeless body of one of the five miners trapped in the El Lieutenant de Chile mine It was found this Saturday by the rescue teams that work in the place since Thursday, the day of the earthquake that generated a collapse. The search continues.
As explained Andrés Musicgeneral manager of the mine, the body It was found “at the intersection of the central loop with the northern sinkhole”. Rescue work is not simple because it is about The world’s largest copper underground mine, Located in the O’Higgins region, 120 kilometers from Santiago de Chile, capital of the country. It is operated by Codelco, the state company that leads worldwide copper production since 1971.
The collapse occurred on Thursday after an earthquake of magnitude 4.2 to 500 meters deep in the Andesite sector. After the accident, a worker died and nine were injured of different gravity. Five of them, Álex Araya Acevedo, Carlos Arancibia Valenzuela, Jean Miranda Ibaceta, Gonzalo Núñez Caroca and Moisés Pavez Armijothey were trapped and so far no contact could be established.
Rescue tasks
After knowing the collapse, a great deployment began to rescue the trapped miners. President Gabriel Boric traveled to the place and both the Codelco and the National State have taken equipment and machinery. They also incorporated into the international expert, Laurence Golborne, Key in the successful recourse of the 33 miners trapped for 69 days in the 2010 accident at the San José mine, Yy to the engineer André Sougarret.
“To support these rescue tasks, it is important that everyone knows that the experience of those who have also faced situations of these characteristics are available. That is why I value the call that Codelco has made to add these works to the former general manager of El Teniente, Andrés Sougarret, and also the former Minister of Mining, Laurence Golborne, “said Buric.
The president also sent a message of condolence of the first deceased identified. “My felt condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Paulo Marín Tapia, worker of the company Salfa Montajeswho played tasks in the Division El Lieutera de Codelco and unfortunately died in an accident in the mine. To their loved ones and fellow fellow, my hug at this difficult moment, “Boric wrote on his social networks.
Source: Ambito
