Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) Hopes for the survival of about three dozen miners trapped in a collapsed illegal gold mine in Indonesia have severely diminished as oxygen levels at the site fall. (It's assumed all have) passed away," said Feri Arianto, of the Public Relations of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas). The rescue mission will not attempt to add oxygen into the tunnels, in the Bolaang Mongondow area on the island of Sulawesi, which collapsed after a landslide on Tuesday. Eight miners had died and 27 had been rescued from the site, as of 12 p.m. Friday local time (12 a.m. Indonesian Search And Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) rescuers evacuate a survivor from a collapsed gold mine in Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Source: CNN March 01, 2019 07:30 UTC