The explosion occurred at 1:00 am (6:00 Moscow time) on Thursday in the mines of the city of Oak and Mantle, or it could be, according to local media, due to the accumulation of gas in those galleries that, according to the authorities, are legal.
“Faced with the emergency in the municipality of Kukunuba due to the explosion of two mines in the Pueblo Viejo sector, we have already a report from the rescue team that they have embarked on the task and have already rescued four stranded miners alive”, – said the governor of Cundinamarca Nicolas Garcia.
Four miners are fine. but they have been transferred to Ubate Hospital “for evaluation” and “the search to rescue the seven miners who are still trapped” continues, Garcia said.
sad reality
This explosion occurred just a month after March 14 another explosion in the network of mines in the same department, 21 miners were killed in the city of Sutataousa.
In that case, the tragedy was provoked by an explosion, presumably due to the accumulation of gases that shook the interconnected underground galleries, where more than a hundred miners usually work.
Similar tragedies are being repeated in Colombia. where there are many coal deposits, mainly in the departments of Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Antioquia, Norte de Santander and Caldas, which are usually exploited without the necessary safety conditions, which leads to accidents.
In accordance with National Mining Agency (ANM)Colombia has experienced at least 1,262 mine accidents in the past decade, killing more than 1,300 people.
(E.F.E., La Vanguardia)
Source: La Opinion
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