A coal mine explosion in Colombia killed nine workers and injured six others after a buildup of underground gas.

The national mining agency had warned weeks earlier that a buildup of gases at the mine could become dangerous.

At least twelve miners are trapped inside a coal mine in central Colombia, officials said Monday night, following an explosion that was caused apparently by the accumulation of gases.

The explosion is the latest accident in the locality of Sutatausa, the site of another deadly mine disaster in 2023.

At least four people were trapped underground after an explosion in a coal mine in central Colombia, where a similar accident left nine dead a week ago, authorities said on Sunday (May 10, 2026).

A coal mine explosion in central Colombia on Monday killed nine people, the national mining authority said, less than a month ...

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The explosion happened on Saturday afternoon at the Las Quintas mine in Pueblo Viejo, a village in Cucunuba municipality.

A coal mine explosion in ​Colombia's Cundinamarca province killed nine workers and ‌left six others injured, the national ...

Four workers were killed in an explosion at a coal mine in central Colombia, in an area that witnessed a similar incident a ...