Mining disaster in gold mine: workers trapped after landslide - serious environmental consequences threatened. 800 rescue workers are trying to rescue nine workers from the gold mine near Erzincan in Turkey.

“We have to race against time and be very careful,” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on CNN Türk on Monday (February 19) “Unfortunately, hopes are dwindling more and more every second, the losses have made us deeply sad,’ said CHP politician Mustafa Sarigül.