No less than 11 individuals have been killed and 10 others remained lacking
after an explosion ripped by a coal mine Tuesday night time within the
Colombian division of Cundinamarca, native authorities mentioned,
Development stories citing
Xinhua.

“We’re making each effort with the Cundinamarca authorities to
rescue the trapped individuals alive,” Colombian President Gustavo Petro
mentioned on Twitter.

“The nation, division, municipality and aid companies
proceed working to rescue the ten miners who’re nonetheless trapped.
The Ubate hospital is treating 9 miners, six of whom have
already been discharged,” Cundinamarca governor Nicolas Garcia
Bustos mentioned on social media, including that rescue groups have been working
to find the lacking miners on the danger of a secondary explosion,
which could possibly be attributable to gasoline accumulation.

When the incident occurred, 30 miners have been contained in the 5
interconnected 900-meter-deep mines for carbon; luckily, seven
escaped on their very own, mentioned Alvaro Farfan, commander of the
Cundinamarca Hearth Division.

Farfan mentioned that rescuers have been making an attempt to ascertain communication
with the trapped miners to find out their state of well being and
facilitate the rescue.