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HARARE, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- At least 23 illegal miners died in Zimbabwe on Tuesday evening when shafts and tunnels at two mines were flooded by water, state media reported Thursday.
Interlinked shafts and tunnels at two mines in Battlefields, Mashonaland West Province, were flooded after the collapse of a dam wall due to heavy rains received in the area, said the report.
The dam wall reportedly collapsed around 11 p.m. on Tuesday night, flooding shafts at leading gold producer RioZim's Cricket Mine and another one owned by an individual known as Baxter.
While the number of the dead miners was given as 23, there were fears that more miners could have perished in the disaster.
