One miner trapped underground after accident in North Gyeongsang mine
![An accident took place near the underground mine in Bonghwa County, North Gyeongsang, on Monday morning. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/08/29/f5c84603-c698-4fd7-a7b3-0207c5b13205.jpg)
An accident took place near the underground mine in Bonghwa County, North Gyeongsang, on Monday morning. [YONHAP]
One miner is trapped after an accident in an underground mine in Bonghwa County, North Gyeongsang, on Monday morning.
The accident took place at 10:06 a.m. on Monday, initially trapping two miners. One worker has since been rescued, while the other is still missing as of 2:30 p.m.
Ten miners were working on the site at the time.
The cause of the accident is seen to be a sinkhole opening up underground, according to the police and firefighters.
“As the accident took place underground, the rescue may take a while,” said a spokesperson for the fire department.
BY CHO JUNG-WOO [cho.jungwoo1@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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