Chile miner's warning 'was ignored'

Chilean investigators are looking into reports that operators ignored warnings from one of the miners before the collapse that trapped 33 men.

Chilean investigators are looking into reports that operators ignored warnings from one of the miners before the collapse that trapped 33 men.

Deputy Carlos Vilches, a legislative commission member, said today that miner Juan Llanes has alleged operators refused his request to leave the mine three hours before it collapsed on August 5.

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