Rescue workers have found the bodies of four miners who went missing following an explosion in a coal mine in Colombia’s Cucunuba municipality.
Ednews reports referring to TASS that earlier reports said that three miners had been killed and four had gone missing.
Governor of the Cundinamarca Department Nicolas Garcia Bustos confirmed on Twitter that another two bodies had been brought to the surface.
According to preliminary information, the explosion was caused by accumulated gas.
Authorities say that last December, the country’s mining agency ordered that the mine should be temporarily closed.