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Photos: Explosion at Coal Mine in Colombia Leaves at Least Two Dead, Seven Trapped

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Photos: Explosion at Coal Mine in Colombia Leaves at Least Two Dead, Seven Trapped

02:34 GMT 12.06.2021 (Updated: 17:08 GMT 31.07.2023)

An undated photo of a coal mine in Colombia - Sputnik International, 1920, 12.06.2021

BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) - An explosion at a coal mine in central Colombia has left two people dead and another seven trapped, the country’s National Mining Agency reported.

There were 12 miners at the location in the Socha municipality of the mountainous Boyaca Department when the explosion occurred, the agency reported.

Rescuers managed to get three people out of the wreckage and retrieve the two bodies.

#Atención ⚠️ Equipo de #SalvamentoMinero y organismos de socorro rescatan con vida a los primeros 3 trabajadores atrapados en mina de carbón de #Socha, #Boyacá. #AEstaHora reciben atención médica en el hospital del municipio y continúa la búsqueda de los 8 trabajadores restantes. pic.twitter.com/HN73yHA5Iy
— AgenciaNaldeMinería (@ANMColombia) June 11, 2021

explosión de gas en el socavón.

En este momento policía y organismos de socorro hacen presencia en el lugar y se activaron los protocolos de salvamento. #NoticiaEnDesarrollo

🔦#AlumbraLaLinterna #Politica #NoticiasColombia #Noticias #Colombia #noticiasdeboyaca #Boyaca pic.twitter.com/pJQHxeBn8q
— La Linterna Boyacá (@BoyacaLinterna) June 11, 2021

Efforts to locate and rescue the remaining seven are underway.