News Ecuador mine collapse traps four

[Lucy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11557181

This comes in the week in which the 33 trapped miners in Chile were safely rescued, the spotlight is firmly on mining operations in the region. Here's hoping for a similar outcome in this case.

 

[Izack]

That is some truly poor luck. It's not even known yet whether the workers are alive. I have my fingers crossed for them.

I wonder, though, if this would have even made the news if not for the recent fiasco in Chile (and its fortunately happy end.)

 

[garyw]

Something similar in China although news is hard to come by:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11557581

It seems that 11 miners have been trapped and 10 or so more have been killed in a gas explosion.

 

[fort]

That is some truly poor luck. It's not even known yet whether the workers are alive. I have my fingers crossed for them.

I wonder, though, if this would have even made the news if not for the recent fiasco in Chile (and its fortunately happy end.)

I've read yesterday that three of them have been found. Deceased.