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Nine workers die in Colombia coal mine explosion

By Thomson Reuters May 4, 2026 | 11:39 PM

BOGOTA, May 4 (Reuters) – A ​coal ‌mine explosion in Colombia’s Cundinamarca ‌province ​killed ⁠nine workers ⁠and left another six people ​injured, the ⁠national ⁠mining agency ​said on ​Monday.

The blast occurred ‌at the La ⁠Ciscuda mine, operated by ⁠Carbonera Los ‌Pinos.

(Reporting ⁠by ​Nelson ‌Bocanegra; Writing ​by ⁠Daina Beth Solomon; Editing by Christian ​Schmollinger)