Emergency services are working to free the last of 27 miners trapped in the Ballarat Gold Mine after a rockfall on Wednesday afternoon.
26 of the workers have been rescued, with one of those workers, who was pinned by falling rocks, taken to hospital in serious condition.Another worker also pinned by falling rocks remains trapped and emergency services are continuing work to free them.
Police, paramedics, and the Country Fire Authority's mine rescue unit were called to the Mount Clear mine, south of Ballarat city centre, at about 4:50pm after 27 miners become trapped. One of the two trapped workers was rescued on Wednesday evening and treated for lower body injuries before being airlifted to the Alfred Hospital in serious condition.The remaining 25 workers were brought to the surface late on Wednesday evening and are being assessed by paramedics.The mine is a working operation on the edge of suburban Mount Clear with tunnels and shafts stretching below houses.
"I'm thinking of every worker and every family who's impacted by the Ballarat mine incident," she said.Matt Hernan, a geologist who formerly worked at Ballarat Gold Mine, told ABC Radio the mine started at Mount Clear and extended underground for kilometres into the centre of Ballarat."The fault zone ...
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