Trapped miners escape unharmed

All 54 miners who spent nearly eight hours trapped underground by a fire in an Australian gold mine were rescued today.

All 54 miners who spent nearly eight hours trapped underground by a fire in an Australian gold mine were rescued today.

Workers at the Kanowa Bell mine near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia were moved into underground emergency shelters when a truck caught fire in a mine shaft this morning, a company spokeswoman said.

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