Eight dead, five missing after Colombia mine blast


Miners descend into the El Cerezo mine during search operations after an explosion at the illegal coal mine killed at least eight people, in the rural area of Cucunuba in central Colombia on Friday. – AFP pic, June 25, 2017.

RESCUERS scrambled yesterday to find five people still missing after an explosion at an illegal coal mine in central Colombia left at least eight people dead.

The blast occurred at a mine in the town of Cucunuba in Cundinamarca state, some 90km north of Bogota, at about 2130 GMT on Friday.


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