local authorities reported on mondays that a gold mine collapsed in northwestern tanzania on wednesday , killing at least five workers . due to reports , the situation occurred at geita country when the 100 - meter - deep shaft the miners were working in exploded after being flooding by heavier seasonal rains . some media report say that more person must have been affected by the accident . " i see there is no chances of finding somebody alive , " remarked kelega chacha , a miner who left the site soon before the mine ' s collapse . " we will just have to wait for the bodies to give them a decent cemetery . "
Kelega Chacha died in the Geita region.