The two are said to have been sleeping when a mine collapsed on Thursday night, burying the house where they were under debris and sand.Area residents say that some of the mines had shown signs of collapse, prompting some of them to clear the area.A search and rescue operation for two people trapped in a collapsed gold mine is underway at the Masara mines in Migori County, reviving safety concerns for artisanal miners.The two are said to have been sleeping when a mine collapsed on Thursday night, burying the house where they were under debris and sand.Area residents say that some of the mines had shown signs of collapse, prompting some of them to clear the area.More than 12 hours after a gold mine collapsed in the Osiri Matanda area in Migori, an excavator was pulling out debris as part of a search and rescue mission for two people who were reported missing on Thursday night.Eyewitnesses say the mines around the area had cracks in some of the shafts, and they caved in in the dead of night, burying houses and makeshift hotels around the area.“There were two ladies sleeping in a room there where that thing collapsed. I heard there were 3, but one got away. We even found her later in the morning, and we spoke to her,” said Matanda Artisanal Miners Chairman David Sewe.Miner Everlyne Otieno added, “Hapo awali kulikuwa na mporomoko wa udongo hapa. Wengine walihama, wengine wakapuuza...
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