Four workers killed in coal mine explosion in central Colombia

BOGOTA: Four workers were killed in an explosion at a coal mine in central Colombia, in an area that witnessed a similar incident a week earlier that left nine people dead.

Luego de las labores de atención de la emergencia registrada en el municipio de #Cucunubá, fueron hallados sin vida los cuatro mineros que permanecían atrapados en la mina #LasQuintas, ubicada en la vereda Pueblo Viejo.

Las víctimas fueron identificadas como: Yimir Ramos… pic.twitter.com/IwyUw6pLxY

— Jorge Emilio Rey Ángel (@JorgeEmilioRey) May 10, 2026

Jorge Emilio Rey, Governor of the Cundinamarca region, said in a post on the X platform that the four miners who had been trapped in the Las Quintas mine in the Cucunuba area were found dead. (ANI/WAM)