Four miners have died after a mining site collapsed in the Dura community, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State.

 

 

 

 

Four individuals were working in the pit on Thursday night, September 25, when it collapsed.

 

 

 

 

A resident of the community, Chuwang Davou, told Punch on Friday, September 26: “Yes, we have a tragic situation in Dura community. A mining site collapsed last night. I don’t know the casualty figure, but I can confirm to you that some people were inside the pit.”

 

 

 

Solomon Dung, an aide to Governor Caleb Mutfwang on Artisanal Mining, provided more details on the incident.

 

 

 

 

He told the publication, “It happened yesterday at Dura community. From what I was told, some boys were working in a mining pit, and the ground just collapsed on four of them.

 

 

 

“Three d!ed instantly, and one other person was taken to the hospital, and unfortunately, he also d!ed. I am just going to the community

as I speak to you.”