“Crews from West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service and Gatwick Fire ... started coming into the carriage next to mine,” Ms McDonnell told the PA news agency. “The fire, is under the train ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

Police cut off food and water to illegal Stilfontein mine Aim was to force miners out to arrest them 78 corpses, 246 survivors pulled out in three-day rescue Labour union: this was a state ...

Even as several pumps remained pressed into action to dewater the mine, water continued to recede at a slow pace thus delaying rescue operations, they said. “Water is being continuously pumped out.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where scores of illegal miners were trapped and believe they ...

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...

Three days on, however, eight labourers are still inside the 'rat-hole' mine and the body of the ninth has been recovered. So, what's hindering the rescue effort? Here's what experts had to say ...

A professional mine rescue company sent a large cage into the mine shaft near Stilfontein, about 140km (90 miles) southwest of Johannesburg, on Monday. “We can confirm to you that the machine is ...

This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo) Rescue workers and others ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation and believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies from an ...