In Chile, rescuers say they could be just hours away from completing an escape tunnel for 33 miners trapped in a mine. Engineers said earlier they had just 34 metres to drill to reach the miners 700 metres underground. But Mining Minister Laurence Golborne warned that the rescuers had to work carefully not to jam the drill. He also said that it would be three to eight days before the rescue mission at the San Jose mine would begin. The miners were trapped in a chamber when part of the mine collapsed on 5 August. The miners have now been underground longer than any other group.