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South African gold miners rescued after a fire at Harmony Gold

South Africa,Johannesburg: South Africa's Harmony Gold said on Sunday all 486 miners who were trapped underground following a fire had been rescued.

The blaze occurred about 2.3 km (1.43 miles) underground during maintenance on an air cooler at the Kusasalethu mine, a deep level operation west of Johannesburg that is Harmony's single largest gold producer.

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