Chilean mine blast leaves two dead


  • World
  • Tuesday, 21 Jul 2020

SANTIAGO, July 20 (Xinhua) -- An explosion early Monday at the La Poderosa copper mine in northern Chile left at least two people dead, Mining Minister Baldo Prokurica said.

The minister added he regretted the fatal accident at the mine in the community of Punitaqui, some 400 km north of the capital Santiago.

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