3 Chinese killed in Albanian mine blast
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THREE Chinese engineers have been found dead at the bottom of a chrome mine at Bulqize in Albania after being trapped by an explosion below ground last Saturday.
Their bodies were being brought up yesterday, following a weeklong effort to reach them after a gas blast caused massive damage at the mine and delayed a rescue team.
Rescuers had to clear debris as well as dig and ventilate another route to reach the engineers.
The Chinese Embassy said they worked for the Wenzhou Corporation of Mining Tunnel Design, which had been contracted by Albanian Chrome, owned by Albania’s Balfin Group.
Rescue teams saw the bodies late on Thursday, bringing the first of them to an upper level yesterday. The two others lay close to each other, local media said.
“The teams are working to bring all of them to the upper level and bring them to the surface in the next three hours,” an Albanian official told reporters yesterday.
Three other Chinese miners suffered light injuries in the explosion.
Albanian President Bujar Nishani said he had been following the rescue efforts and was deeply saddened to hear of the deaths.
“I would like to make an institutional and human appeal to all concerned to take all necessary measures to make sure these tragedies are not repeated in Albanian mine galleries and that those responsible be brought to justice,” Nishani said.
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