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4 Feb 2016

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News24 (South Africa)

Four miners killed in an underground fire at Impala Platinum mine

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"Four killed in Rustenburg platinum mine fire", 24 Jan 2016

Four miners...died in an underground fire in a platinum mine near Rustenburg, the Impala group said in a statement...'The four employees were overcome by fumes while they were trying to find their way to safety,' Impala said...Fourteen gold miners died at the start of 2014 in an explosion and in 2009 nine workers at a platinum mine were crushed by falling rocks.