Three Spanish geologists have died in a tunnel collapse deep inside a potash mine in northeastern Spain.
The accident occurred in the Cabanasses de Súria mine at a depth of 900 meters when the three victims were inspecting “an interior area”, the mine operator said. It took several hours for rescuers to recover the bodies from the mine, which lies around 80km northwest of Barcelona.
It was confirmed that the three men were Spanish nationals, aged 28, 29, and 31, and experienced geologists.
Some 240 workers were immediately evacuated after the incident.