Implats regrets to announce that four employees have lost their lives following a fire, which occurred underground at Impala Rustenburg’s 14 Shaft on 22 January 2016. The fire was detected during the night shift of Friday, 22 January 2016, employees were immediately stopped from proceeding underground and the teams working underground were evacuated... However, four employees were reported missing and...[their] bodies...were discovered...[on] Saturday, 23 January... The four employees were overcome by fumes while they were trying to find their way to safety... The Minister of Mineral Resources, the Honourable Mr Mosebenzi Joseph Zwane...said, “We need to navigate our way through this tragedy and ‘take hands’ in solving the issue without blame in an honest way to avoid similar incidents”.