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The explosion of a coal mine in the early hours of Thursday left a final balance of seven dead in ColombiaThe authorities reported this Friday after locating the bodies of four workers who were missing.
“According to the latest report (…) we have sighted four lifeless bodies, which are in the process of recovery”he told the media Alvaro Farfanof the fire brigade of the department of cundinamarca (center).
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The tragedy occurred around 01:00 in the morning on Thursday in the municipality of cucunubaabout 90 kilometers north of Bogotaand according to the authorities’ hypothesis, it was due to the accumulation of gases inside the tunnels.
That day rescuers recovered the bodies of three miners and were working to locate the other four who were trapped.
cundinamarca It has been the epicenter of two mining accidents in the last two months. In mid-March another explosion in the municipality of Sutatausa left 21 dead, one of the worst tragedies of this type in Colombia.
In this department and others in the center and northwest of the country, the municipalities have an important mining tradition. Its inhabitants opt for this activity, which offers better salaries than the Colombian minimum wage of just over 200 dollars.
He Ministry of Mines and Energy it recorded 1,262 such accidents from 2011 to May 2022, leaving an average of 103 deaths per year.
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Source: Elcomercio
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