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Man rescued after 24 hours in gold mine

Bazil Ochieng, 30, after he was pulled out alive from a gold mine 24 hours after the walls caved in at Konduru Kanga village, Rongo sub county, Migori County, on Thursday. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

A man was miraculously pulled out alive from a 100 feet gold mine where he had been buried alive for 24 hours in Rongo, Migori County.

Basil Ochieng gasped for breath and asked for water soon after he was rescued before being rushed to Rongo Sub County Hospital on Thursday.

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