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BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) \u2014 The death toll from a gold mine collapse<\/span> in a western part of Central African Republic has risen to more than 100, a Red Cross volunteer involved in relief efforts and a local official said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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The low-tech, artisanal gold mine collapsed Tuesday morning in the village of Zamboye, in the Nana-Mambere prefecture, near the border with Cameroon.<\/p>\n

In addition to the dead, several survivors were critically injured, said Gervais Ganagoroh, a local Red Cross volunteer involved in relief efforts.<\/p>\n

The death toll is likely to rise since several people were still missing and others were trapped under the rubble, said Bertrand Be Yangu\u00e9, a member of the Zamboye youth council.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinding them alive would be a miracle,\u201d Yangu\u00e9 said. \u201cWe are saddened and heartbroken to see young men and women perish after coming to the mines to save their families from despair.\u201d<\/p>\n

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An investigation has been opened to determine the cause of the collapse, identify the victims and those responsible for operating the site, and establish any potential criminal liability, the prosecutor at the Baboua sub-prefecture court said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Footage showed miners, mostly young men and women covered in mud, pulling out a body from the pit while dozens of other miners and workers were scattered around the expansive site, some shouting for help.<\/p>\n

Artisanal mine collapses<\/span> are common in the Central African Republic, where several thousand people work in small-scale extraction mining. The work is risky because miners typically don\u2019t have enough protection, often leading to deadly outcomes.<\/p>\n

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The death toll from a gold mine collapse in the Central African Republic has risen to more than 100. A Red Cross volunteer involved in relief efforts provided the numbers on Wednesday. The low-tech and artisanal mine collapsed Tuesday morning in the village of Zamboye which is near the Cameroon border. More than 100 bodies have been recovered so far and several survivors are critically injured. 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