Rescue workers reach mine refuge chamber but no-one inside

Rescue workers at the Burkina Faso mine where eight miners are still missing have made it to a refuge chamber but found no-one inside.

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Photo: One of the galleries where water was being pumped out during the rescue operation inside the Perkoa mine in Burkina Faso. Credit: Reuters.