23 February 2015
The Department of Mineral
Resources will be conducting an investigation into the fire that occurred at
the Harmony Gold’s Kusasalethu gold mine.
486 miners were trapped
underground when the fire broke out on Sunday.
In a statement Harmony Gold
said the fire is believed to have started during a maintenance work on a bulk
air cooler on 75 level.
Harmony Gold’s Charmane Russel
said they can confirm that 486 employees were evacuated from the Kusasalethu
gold mine yesterday evening.
Russel said our thanks go out
to rescue teams, employees and everyone who was involved in this operation.
“Fortunately no casualties were
reported” Russel added.
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