Rescue teams pumping water from a flooded Burkina Faso zinc mine, in which 8 workers have been trapped for almost a month, are drawing closer to a refuge chamber where they may have sought safety, Reuters reports.
The 8 have been missing since heavy rainfall caused flash floods at Canada-based Trevali Mining's Perkoa mine. The company said that while most workers underground were able to safely evacuate, those missing were below Level 520, 520m from the surface.
Burkina Faso's govt has launched a judicial probe into the incident.