No fewer than seven miners have been reported dead after a mining pit collapsed on them at Kassa community in the Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State on Wednesday evening.
PUNCH Metro gathered from multiple sources in the community on Thursday that the incident occurred at about 7pm when the pit suddenly collapsed on the miners while they were carrying out mining activities at the site.
A resident of the community, Albert Danlami, said, “The victims were trapped underground following the collapse, prompting residents and other miners to commence efforts to recover them.”
Danlami added that the incident caused panic in the community as residents “rushed to the mining site following the collapse.”
He further stated that the miners had been working at the site before the earth suddenly caved in on them, and noted that “some persons were injured following the collapse.”
