Six miners killed in explosion at Colombian mine PHOTO

Six miners have died following an explosion at a mine in Colombia’s central Cundinamarca department, regional Governor Jorge Rey Angel said.

“With regret, we report that the six people who were trapped inside the El Porvenir 1 mine in Cucunubá were found without signs of life following rescue efforts,” Rey said in a post on X, according to Caliber.Az.

Lamentamos informar que las seis personas atrapadas en la mina El Porvenir 1, en Cucunubá, fueron halladas sin vida tras culminar las labores de rescate.

Las víctimas son:
* Duvan Ferney Rodríguez
* Cristian de Jesús Contreras Latorre
* Sebastián Contreras Latorre
* Eduard… pic.twitter.com/pesdjcAcB0

— Jorge Emilio Rey Ángel (@JorgeEmilioRey) August 14, 2026

Contact with the miners was lost after the explosion. According to radio station BluRadio, seven people were inside the mine when the incident occurred, but one managed to escape on his own.

The governor said that shortly before the incident, Colombia’s National Mining Agency had identified safety deficiencies at the site during an inspection and ordered the mine to suspend operations until the problems were addressed.

“It is precisely this agency that must determine why, despite the suspension of operations, people were apparently at the site carrying out rock-extraction work,” Rey said.

By Tamilla Hasanova