Four workers killed in coal mine explosion in central Colombia

BOGOTÁ, 11th May, 2026 (WAM) -- 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.

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 Cucunubá area were found dead.