{"id":380296,"date":"2026-02-18T11:59:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/noticias\/2026\/02\/18\/pelo-menos-37-mortos-por-inalacao-de-gas-em-site-de-mineracao-na-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:59:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:59:37","slug":"pelo-menos-37-mortos-por-inalacao-de-gas-em-site-de-mineracao-na-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/noticias\/internacional\/2026\/02\/18\/pelo-menos-37-mortos-por-inalacao-de-gas-em-site-de-mineracao-na-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelo menos 37 mortos por inala\u00e7\u00e3o de g\u00e1s em site de minera\u00e7\u00e3o na Nig\u00e9ria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least 37 miners died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a mining site in Kampani, a community in the Wase area of Plateau state, Nigeria. The incident occurred around 5:45 am, and 25 other miners were hospitalized, according to a police source and a security report seen by Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>The area is described as an abandoned lead site with stored minerals that can release toxic gases. Villagers reportedly entered the tunnel to extract minerals and inhaled the emissions, according to Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake.<\/p>\n<p>Alake ordered the closure of mining areas covered by licence 11810, operated by Solid Unit Nigeria Limited and owned by Abdullahi Dan\u2011China in Zuraq, after the deaths were confirmed. Preliminary findings indicate victims aged 20 to 35 died underground from the gas exposure.<\/p>\n<p>A Plateu state government statement said many were feared dead and others were receiving treatment in nearby hospitals, with security forces cordoning off the site to prevent access. Nigeria faces widespread illegal mining and limited safety measures in many operations.<\/p>\n<h3>Contexto sobre minera\u00e7\u00e3o no pa\u00eds<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>O governo federal ordenou a suspens\u00e3o imediata de todas as atividades de minera\u00e7\u00e3o na \u00e1rea afetada para investiga\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/li>\n<li>A pr\u00e1tica de minera\u00e7\u00e3o ilegal \u00e9 comum no pa\u00eds, com riscos de emiss\u00f5es perigosas e falta de equipamentos de prote\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/li>\n<li>Autoridades destacam a necessidade de fortalecer fiscaliza\u00e7\u00e3o e medidas de seguran\u00e7a para trabalhadores.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Pelo menos 37 trabalhadores morreram por inala\u00e7\u00e3o de mon\u00f3xido de carbono em um s\u00edtio de minera\u00e7\u00e3o no estado de Plateau, Nig\u00e9ria, segundo fonte policial e relat\u00f3rio de seguran\u00e7a.<\/li>\n<li>O acidente ocorreu por volta das 5h45, em uma cava de minera\u00e7\u00e3o na comunidade Kampani, regi\u00e3o de Wase; outras 25 pessoas foram levadas a hospitais.<\/li>\n<li>O ministro das Desenvolvimento de Min\u00e9rios S\u00f3lidos, Dele Alake, afirmou que a \u00e1rea era um antigo local de chumbo com minerais que liberam gases t\u00f3xicos, e que moradores entraram no t\u00fanel para extrair minerais e inalarem o g\u00e1s.<\/li>\n<li>Alake determinou o fechamento das \u00e1reas licenciadas sob o c\u00f3digo 11810, operadas pela Solid Unit Nigeria Limited e pertencentes a Abdullahi Dan-China, em Zuraq.<\/li>\n<li>As v\u00edtimas tinham entre 20 e 35 anos; o governo de Plateau informou que muitos ainda podem estar mortos e que outros recebem atendimento, enquanto for\u00e7as de seguran\u00e7a isolam o local e o governo federal ordena o fechamento imediato de todas as atividades na \u00e1rea at\u00e9 nova investiga\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":380303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"summary":"Pelo menos 37 mineiros morrem por inala\u00e7\u00e3o de mon\u00f3xido de carbono em jazida abandonada no estado de Plateau, Nig\u00e9ria; 25 ficam hospitalizados e governo ordena fechamento","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[84,102,89,78,29],"class_list":["post-380296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internacional","category-noticias","tag-acontecimentos-internacionais","tag-conflitos","tag-meio-ambiente","tag-policia","tag-saude"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/380303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}