A search operation of the mine was being delayed because methane gas levels were still dangerously high in the ventilation shaft where the miners are thought to have died.
Police are investigating the death of 31 people in a gold mine in South Africa which has been closed for around 30 years.The miners are suspected to be illegal workers from LesothoIt's suspected those found were illegal miners from the neighbouring country of Lesotho which reported the incident to South African authorities.
Lesotho's foreign ministry recently provided some information to the South African authorities, the department said. Methane is a highly explosive greenhouse gas often found in underground mines and poses serious safety and health threats to mine workers.
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