Guinea gold mine explosion kills up to 25: sources
The accident took place on Wednesday at an artisanal mine in the remote Siguiri province, 800 km (500 miles) northeast of Conakry. The zone holds some of the West African country's largest gold reserves.
Noumouke Dioubate, a Siguiri resident who witnessed the rescue operation, said 14 bodies had been found but he believed that none of the 25 miners in the pit at the time of the explosion could have survived.
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