Fire kills at least 27 in deadly Peru gold mine accident
By 9News Staff
7:38am May 8, 2023
A fire in a small gold mine in southern Peru has killed at least 27 people, the country's deadliest mining disaster in decades.
Initial reports suggest the fire started on Saturday (local time) because of an electrical fault in a tunnel inside the La Esperanza mine, located in the southern Arequipa region.
"We express our solidarity with the families of the miners who died," the Peruvian Council of Ministers tweeted in Spanish today.
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The incident is the single deadliest mining accident in Peru since 2000. (AFP / Getty Images)
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Miners' relatives wait at the entrance of the mine following the fire.
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