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Authorities officers stated the reason for the incident was below investigation. Some information reviews stated preliminary investigations indicated an explosion may need been set off by a brief circuit in part of the mine about 100 meters (330 toes) under the floor.
Family of the victims had been introduced by buses to the mine in Yanaquihua within the Arequipa area, the place they had been briefed by safety brokers. Some sat in entrance of posters on the entrance to the mine to attend for the our bodies of their family members.
Marcelina Aguirre stated her husband was among the many lifeless. She stated he had instructed her there have been dangers on the mine.
“We’re very nervous, very unhappy we’re, to lose a husband, leaving two deserted kids,” she stated.
The Public Ministry of Arequipa’s Fiscal District stated investigators had been working to make clear what occurred. “Through the investigation, the Prosecutor’s Workplace will decide the reason for the tragic occasion and the duties of these concerned,” its assertion stated.