Two Chinese engineers were killed when an avalanche fell on a chromite mine in Bagha Wala area of Qila Saifullah district some 200 kilometres off Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan province on Sunday.
"An avalanche fell on a chromite mine in Bagh Wala area of Qila Saifullah district which resulted in collapsing of the mine," an official of district administration told APP adding the mine collapse caused death of two Chinese engineers working inside the mine.
Assistant Commissioner Qila Saifullah Hamidullah Khan Nasar confirmed the incident. The area Bagh Wala where the incident took place is located some 50 kilometres in north of Muslim Bagh tehsil of Qila Saifullah district, sources said adding that the region had received three-days heavy rains and snowfall which caused landsliding in the chromite mines area causing collapsing of some mines.
The bodies of the Chinese engineers had been shifted to the provincial capital Quetta. The district administration is looking into the matter. It is pertinent to mention here that a Chinese firm is functioning in the chromite mines area of northern Balochistan for mining purpose.
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