At least there are three miners dead and the other four were stranded by the explosion of three coal mines. In the municipality of Cundinamarqués of Cucunubá in central Colombia. Cundinamarca governor Nicolás García Bustos said, “Unfortunately, the (Unified Command Post) PMU’s official report reports that three dead miners have been found in Cucunubá. The mine rescue team continues to search for the four missing people.” The governor’s office gave information hours before the rescue of the 4 people who were in good condition and were referred to the hospital for detailed examination.
Mining and Energy Minister Irene Vélez reported that these explosions showed that the relevant safety measures were not being followed and that she will therefore conduct operations across the country to review the functioning of these sites. Reports the Blu Radio station. “This is unfortunate, but this tells us that we should start an operation where we will have to review all the mines because there seem to be technical issues with security measures,” said Minister Vélez.
The incidents occurred at around 01:00 (local time) on Thursday, when a “mining accident” in the village of Pueblo Nuevo, in the municipality of Cucunubá, caused an explosion due to “gas buildup” affecting the El Roble deposits. , Condor and Mantle. This case is reminiscent of another explosion a month ago, also in the municipality of Sutatausa in Cundinamarca, that affected five coal mines and left 21 miners stranded, of which only ten were rescued alive.
According to the National Mining Agency (ANM), there have been at least 1,262 mining accidents in Colombia over the past decade that have claimed the lives of more than 1,300 people.