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Pike River: Body-recovery work to continue
Much of NZ will come to a standstill today as the victims of the Pike River tragedy are remembered.
Much of NZ will come to a standstill today as the victims of the Pike River tragedy are remembered.
A jet engine brought in to make the Pike River mine safe is now in place. Rescue services are hopeful it will be in use tonight so the process to recover the remains of the 29 trapped miners can begin.
Hopes of recovering bodies are fast fading for families of the 29 miners lost in the Pike River mine.
An Australian expert was arriving in Greymouth tonight to provide advice on the jet engine GAG operation at the ill-fated Pike River Coal mine, where it's "highly likely" part of a coal seam has caught fire.
Nightmares about the 12 Queensland miners he could not save have haunted John Brady for more than 20 years.
Flames were last night shooting from the top of a 108m ventilation shaft at the Pike River coal mine - and only a couple of mountain peaks away a 43-year-old fire from the Strongman mine continues to billow smoke.
A trackside fire has shut down train services on Auckland's Southern and Eastern line between Otahuhu and Papakura.