Workers rescued after fire in Swedish iron ore mine
03 Jul 2008 21:09:10 GMT Source: Reuters
(Adds details) STOCKHOLM, July 3 (Reuters) - Eight workers were rescued on Thursday after spending hours trapped in an underground safety chamber when fire broke out in an iron ore mine in northern Sweden. Bjorn Koorem, a mining manager at Swedish state mining firm LKAB, said the eight men were in good health after firefighters brought them out from a chamber 1,250 metres (4,100 feet) underground. "They were hungry when they came up but they were all right," LKAB spokeswoman Kajsa Lindmark said. The workers had been building a new transport facility when a fire broke out in the mine. Mining operations were shut down and Lindmark could not say when operations were due to resume. (Editing by Diana Abdallah)
