At least two miners have died due to a methane gas explosion in a coal mine in the municipality of Chita, in the department of Boyacá (central Colombia), where rescue teams continue to search for two other people who were trapped, official sources reported this Saturday.
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“Our Mine Rescue teams continue to work at the scene to advance in the rescue efforts for the other two people,” said the National Mining Agency (ANM) in a statement.
The explosion occurred on Friday afternoon in a mine in the La Playa village (hamlet) and affected four workers who were inside the shaft.
The ANM confirmed that two of the bodies involved in the emergency have already been evacuated, while rescue teams continue efforts to locate and rescue the other two miners.
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Since the accident was reported, rescuers have worked uninterruptedly and have had to face the complex conditions caused by the collapse, so “during the night they carried out ventilation and mine support adequacy work,” the entity reported.
Less than a month ago, another explosion in a mine left four workers dead in the municipality of Landázuri, in the department of Santander (northeast).
Underground coal mining is common in several towns in the Colombian Andean region, where methane gas explosions are one of the risks associated with this activity.
On August 20, at least 13 people died and seven were injured by a landslide at an open-pit gold mine in the department of Nariño, bordering Ecuador.
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