Eight miners die at KGHM copper mine in western Poland
Eight miners died in effect of a Tuesday night earth tremor at the Rudna copper mine in south-western Poland. Rescuers found the bodies of the last three miners on Wednesday evening, the mine's Director Pawel Markowski said.
Markowski added that the damage caused by the quake was extensive.
Prime Minister Beata Szydlo cancelled a Wednesday-planned government sitting to visit the site of the accident where she assured that the government will offer all forms of aid if the need arises.
President Andrzej Duda extended his condolences to the families of the miners killed in the Rudna mine owned by the KGHM copper concern. "I wish to convey expressions of sympathy (...) and to assure that the state will take care of the families of the miners who suffered a tragic death in the mine", the president said in Sweden.
KGHM has informed that eight other miners were evacuated from the disaster site and hospitalised. (PAP)
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