The relative of a miner caught in the explosion at the mine in Sutatausa gestures as he speaks to the media. His face is stained with coal dust. He is wearing a black baseball cap with a white cockerel embroidered on top and a red coat.

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Nine workers killed in Colombia coal mine explosion

Updated 4 days ago
Al Jazeera
BBC News
2 articles2 sources
Summary

The national mining ​agency had warned weeks earlier that a buildup of gases at the mine could become dangerous. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.

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This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources. Sources in this event include BBC News, Al Jazeera.

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Nine workers killed in Colombia coal mine explosion
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Lean Left
5/5/2026

Nine workers killed in Colombia coal mine explosion

A coal mine explosion in Colombia’s Cundinamarca province killed nine workers and injured six, the National Mining Agency said, weeks after issuing risk-control recommendations for the site. The blast on Monday at a legally operated mine in the Sutatausa municipality, 72km (45 miles) north of the capital Bogota, was.

The relative of a miner caught in the explosion at the mine in Sutatausa gestures as he speaks to the media. His face is stained with coal dust. He is wearing a black baseball cap with a white cockerel embroidered on top and a red coat.
BBC News
BBC News
Lean Left
5/5/2026

Nine coal miners die in gas explosion in Colombia

Nine people have died in an explosion at a coal mine in Colombia in the latest fatal accident to hit the country's mining sector. Emergency workers said they had rescued six miners from the shafts in Sutatausa, north of the capital, Bogotá. Colombia's national mining agency said a build-up of gases was thought to have.