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This is the harrowing moment a landslide buried as many as nine workers of a gold mine inside.
Footage captured by a bulldozer driver shows the surging mud sweeping through the valley like a giant volcanic eruption.
No one has heard from the workers at the Çöpler gold mine since the disaster took place near the town of Ilic in Turkey.
Interior minister Ali Yerlikaya confirmed that nine workers were missing since the landslide struck at about 2.30pm on Tuesday.
Some 400 search and rescue personnel have been deployed to the scene of the incident in the mountainous Erzincan province.
Anagold Mining has operated the Çöpler gold mine for 15 years, with 667 staff generally employed at the site.
In a statement, the company said its ‘most important priority in this difficult process … is the health and safety of our employees and contractors.’
It added: ‘This is a painful situation.
’Immediately after the incident, we immediately contacted our employees in the region, put our emergency plan into action and informed the relevant public institutions and organisations.’
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