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At least 32 miners died Saturday when a bridge collapsed at the Kalando cobalt mine in southeastern Congo.

Officials blamed panic sparked by soldiers’ gunfire, as illegal miners rushed across the makeshift bridge.

The tragedy underscores dangers in Congo’s cobalt mining sector, where child labor and unsafe conditions are common.

BUKAVU, Congo — An overcrowded bridge at a mine in southeastern Congo collapsed, killing at least 32 people, a regional government official said Sunday.

The bridge at the Kalando mine in Mulondo in Lualaba province fell Saturday, said Roy Kaumba Mayonde, the province’s interior minister, at a Sunday news conference.

“Despite the strict prohibition on a

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