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Explosion in coal mine A total of 21 workers have died in central Colombia, one of the worst tragedies in recent years in a country with frequent accidents of this type, authorities said on Thursday.
“Unfortunately, 21 people have lost their lives in this tragic accident at Sutatauz,” the President of Colombia tweeted. Gustavo Petro.
burst in the mine tunnel happened on Tuesday evening in this municipality in the department cundinamarcaabout 75 km north of Bogota.
Rescuers found 11 more bodies on Wednesday and worked around the clock trying to find survivors as the crater ran out of oxygen. There were 30 workers at the mine at the time of the accident.
Governor of the Department of Cundinamarca, Nicholas Garcia, ceased search operations on Thursday. “Unfortunately no one else is alive, our hearts are broken,” he tweeted.
rescue work
Dozens of rescuers searched for miners trapped in the tunnels of six interconnected mines that collapsed on Tuesday due to the ripple effect caused by the explosion. Several landslides blocked the passage to the galleries and made work difficult.
According to authorities, the accident was caused by a spark that exploded methane gas concentrated in one of the tunnels.
The final balance of 21 people makes this tragedy at the mine one of the worst in recent years. Colombiawhere more than 1,200 such disasters were recorded between 2011 and 2022. (AFP)
Source: RPP
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