Three men died this Thursday when being trapped in a potash mine Cabanasses, in the town of Suriabelonging to the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, northeast of Spain, as confirmed by the company ICL Iberia Súria & Sallent.
According to the entity, the deceased were of geologists and a scholar between 28 and 31 years old who were inspecting an area located 900 meters deep inside the mine, where there were also some 240 workers.
He detachment The roof of one of the galleries occurred around 08:00 (local time) and the emergency protocol was activated to evacuate the workers.
“At the moment they are investigating the causes of the accident together with the competent authorities»indicated the company in its official statement.
For its part, the Catalan fire brigade reported on its Twitter social network account that the Notice emergency was received at 08:53 (local time) and they went to the site of the Sinister initially with nine teams, including a medical helicopter.
The firefighters also reported that the salvage actions They have lasted more than seven hours and eleven teams are currently working in the area, with the support of the units of the Special Actions Group (GRAE), the Medical Emergency System (SEM) and the Support Operational Group (GROS).
Given the fact, the president of the Catalan Generalitat, Pere Aragones, conveyed his condolences to the families of the deceased and to the miners, while thanking “the work of all emergency equipment who have participated in the stabilization of the gallery where this tragic accident took place”.
Source: teleSUR