Colombian coal mine blast kills 11, search on for survivors

The captain of the Cundinamarca fire department says the explosion affected five mines interconnected by tunnels, generating a ‘chain’ blast

A powerful explosion in a coal mine in central Colombia that affected four other mines linked by tunnels has killed at least 11 people and left others missing, the government said Wednesday.

President Gustavo Petro said on his Twitter account that rescuers were making every effort to reach the trapped miners.Cundinamarca Gov. Nicolas Garcia Bustos initially reported four deaths with two people recovered alive and 17 still trapped in the mine. Alvaro Farfan, captain of the Cundinamarca fire department, told local media the explosion affected five mines interconnected by tunnels, generating a “chain” blast.Farfan said the initial hypothesis is that the explosion was caused by an accumulation of gases.

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