several media reported on tuesday that a large mine collapsed in northeastern mozambique on weekend , killing at least twenty people . subject to stories , the incident occurred at geita west until the 100 - litre - deep bore the miners were working in collapsed after being flood by heavy rainfall rains . some media reports say that thirty people might have been killed by the accident . " i realize there is no way of locating anybody here , " explained kelega chacha , a miner who left the site days before the miner ' s collapse . " we will just have to look for the bodies to give them a decent burial . "
Kelega Chacha died in the Geita region.