At least eight miners have died and five are missing after an explosion at an underground coal mine in Columbia.
The explosion, caused by methane gas, occurred on Saturday (local time) in the Cucunuba municipality in Cundinamarca province, an area where illegal underground coal mining is widespread and accidents are not uncommon.
The national mining agency reported on Twitter that at least 14 people are affected, with one injured, eight dead and five still missing.
Legal coal mining in the mountainous Andean country, the world's fifth-largest exporter of coal, is dominated by Cerrejon, Drummond Co Inc and Glencore PLC.
Reuters
