General Chat

So very sad for those families waiting with hope in their hearts, to see little being done to try and rescue the men or even find out if they were alive must have been so hard to do. Now they have to take in the fact that they will never see their loved ones again, maybe they won't be able to be recovered for burial or cremation.

May they rest in peace and may the mine owners learn lessons from all these awful accidents. Far too many in recent years and not many as lucky as the men in Chile.

Lizx

So very very tragic.
And there seems to have been a number of mine explosions lately!
RIP

jude xx

I saw that on the news this morning, how terrible for all those miners and for their families. I almost makes me hope that they were all dead with the first explosion and didn't have to suffer at all.

Their poor families, always seems worse just before Christmas too. RIP all those miners and my thoughts go to the families and friends.

Thinking of all those involved in this terrible mine disaster

Linda

My heart goes out to the families of the miners. They must have been living in hope and now that hope is gone. Very sad news.

Cath xx

Terrible, terrible sad news to hear this.

It appears more methane gas leaking from the rocks inside the mine has caused a second massive explosion.

Thoughts and prayers for our New Zealand neighbours, their families, and the families of the two Australian lads who also perished.


Would need nothing short of a miracle for anyone to be alive now.


God bless them all. RIP


Tony

It is a very sad day today. Almost 5 hours ago there was another even bigger explosion in the mine. Nobody could have survived it, even if they had survived the first, which I doubt.

Huia.

The head of Police was talking earlier and it would seem that hopes are faiding(sp), the explosion was quite a big one. But they are not giving up the rescue, all we can do is be positive and hope and pray that they are ok.
This must be horrific for all the families waiting to hear any news.

jude xx

Yes, Linda, I think there was flooding in the Chinese mine, but apparently they got the miners out.

It certainly isnt looking good for our lot, but I keep thinking of the ones in Chile surviving all that time, although I dont think that one was an explosion.

Huia.

This is not looking good on the news this morning.

Did others see there had also been a mining problem in China too.

Linda

Some of the miners are from the UK and from Australia as well as New Zealanders. This mine isn't far down but along the ground for 2 km and the explosion seems to be near the ventilation shaft where it is believed faulty wiring may have exploded first. I think I heard that they were pumping clean air in before being able to do any more, trying to get through at the mo could spark further explosions and apparently all the rescue people are volunteers with mining experience. No news from those trapped so far, let's hope they are alive and not badly injured and can be rescued soon.

Lizx

Saw this earlier on Yahoo. I haven't seen the t.v. news, so haven't seen an update.
I will be thinking of those poor miners and their families.
Hoping for a good outcome.

Tess

I am sorry tohear about this.Gas is I know, a huge problem in mines and can explode easily. Hope something can be done for the men.

5am here - they have still been unable to access the mine and nothing has been heard from the 27 trapped. There is the worry of the gases and whether there could be another explosion. All the miners have individual breathing devices which reconstructs their own air back into oxygen.

Perse

Why do I jump in with both feet? Having looked at the title of the thread I surmise it might be a coal mine.

Now I feel a bigger idiot than before.

What kind of mine is it?

One of the reasons I don't wear jewellery is,apart from it getting in my way, I don't think people should be risking their lives in an environment I would not want to enter to provide me with something I don't need.

Read the report on yahoo this morning,very distressing with me living in an old mining town,,we are praying that only one life has been lost.Fred

Thinkinmg of these poor men and their families. Hope for better news soon.

It's not looking too good at the moment - they are giving us news updates, the number given is 27 trapped. A lot of concern about the air quality - gas explosions are very risky In the mines on the West Coast.

It's going to be a long night for some - so let's just hang in there with our thoughts for these guys.

Persey