The rescue team in Chile on Thursday found the last body of five workers trapped in the world’s largest underground copper mine after an earthquake.
The announcement was made by the Regional Prosecutor Aquiles Cubilos, who said that the meditation was now on a criminal investigation into the incident of the El Tenant Mine operated by the Kodelco company owned by the state.
Four other bodies were discovered on Saturday and the first Sunday, which was about 70 km (43 mi) south-east of the capital Santiago during a desperate discovery in the southeast tunnels falling south-east.
The overall death toll has now been confirmed on six, as another person died at the time of the incident on Thursday.
Some tunnels collapsed on Thursday due to a shock of 4.2 magnitude. Miners were working deep under the surface.
Kodelco has so far named two victims – Paulo Marin and Gonzalo Nunez Carca – but said that other people were yet to be identified “by the authorities”.
The copper mining company said, “We share the pain that this situation causes their families and the entire community.”
Rescuers were using heavy machinery in an attempt to clean the blocked route to try to reach the miners.
Codelco said that rescue teams had cleaned 24 meters (78.7 feet) of the blocking route in the mine.
The E is high in the Andes Mountains in Central Chile.
Officials have said that they are investigating whether the earthquake was the cause of mining activity or natural tectonic change.
