Four workers stranded 500 metres underground

Last updated: May 10, 2026 | 16:19

Miners walk around the site of an explosion at a coal mine in Sutatausa, Cundinamarca department, Colombia on May 4, 2026. AFP-LUIS ACOSTA

At least four people were trapped underground after an explosion in a coal mine in central Colombia, where a similar accident left nine dead a week ago, authorities said Sunday.

The explosion happened on Saturday afternoon at the Las Quintas mine in Pueblo Viejo, a village in Cucunuba municipality, said Jorge Emilio Rey, governor of the department of Cundinamarca.

"For now, four workers are reported trapped," Rey posted on X.

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The Cundinamarca Risk Management Office said it was "responding to the emergency".

Local media reported that the workers were believed to be about 500 metres (1,650 feet) underground.

The cause of the blast was not immediately clear, but mining accidents are common in this…